We also knew it would be difficult, because of the financial condition of the family, for me to go to college.

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.

When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon I cried

The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.

Why don't you light that candle ?

You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doing.

I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history books.

I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.

Got more dirt than ball. Here we go again.

We're going to see passengers in space stations in 15 years, who will be able to buy a ticket and spend a weekend in space.

To be the other womanis to be a seasonthat is always about to end, when the air is floweredwith jasmine and peach, and the weather day after dayis flawless, and the forecastis hurricane.

Property is not the natural and obvious and inevitable concept that most people think it is.

If I want a man I'll go to a cheap bar, like any other sane woman. I, for one, haven't hit rock bottom.

And I wanted Jordan, because if he wanted me back it would mean I wasn't ordinary. A guy like him wouldn't settle for that.

School is something that you learn - reading and writing. Education is what you learn from the family, from the environment, from the community.

It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.

I went to an audition the other day, they were casting 13 people to be clouds, 14 people showed up, it was overcast.

I like to go to the clubs. As long as the environment permits, and it's not too knuckleheadish, I'm there, I go to the club. Because that's where you get inspiration from.

If you have someone on the set for the hair, why would you not have someone for the words?

I am grown peaceful as old age tonight.