We need a continuing presence in space.

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.

it always sound scarier when a hollerer talk soft.

Caught in the crossfire of a silent scream, where one man's nightmare is another man's dream.

I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.

Usually if a scene's really hard to write, I just don't write it. Nothing's coming to mind.

Conflict begins at the moment of birth.

Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her.

I have a feeling I'm falling on rare occasions but most of the time I have my feet on the ground I can't help it if the ground itself is falling.

All human beings are born with unique gifts. The healthy functioning community depends on realizing the capacity to develop each gift.

Women say hello and then put their hands down my trousers. I thought it was my hand they were supposed to shake.

On the field of The Self stand a knight and a dragon. You are the knight. Resistance is the dragon.