Americans just want us to... not be concerned if they can be constitutionally justified... Why, if we had to do that we could not pass most of the laws we enact around here.

As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.

The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.

To sit back and let fate play its hand out and never influence it is not the way man was meant to operate.

We have an infinite amount to learn both from nature and from each other.

I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.

There are times when you devote yourself to a higher cause than personal safety.

I suppose the one quality in an astronaut more powerful than any other is curiosity. They have to get some place nobody's ever been.

Too many people, when they get old, think that they have to live by the calendar.

Zero G and I feel fine.

I am a stranger. I come in peace. Take me to your leader and there will be a massive reward for you in eternity.

The traditional Indian mind has been for centuries, and still is, first religious, and then everything else.

Integrity is the soul of leadership! Trust is the engine of leadership!

Grace means God gives. Faith means I receive.

Conservatives believe in equality of opportunity. Liberals believe in equality of outcome.

The burden of keeping the world, every corner of it, safe is one that has to be evenly shared...This is especially more so for the interconnectivity of the global system in our generation.

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.

In the science, Evolution is a theory about changes; in the myth it is a fact about improvements.

Your touch has still its ancient power, No word from You can fruitless fall; Hear, in this solemn evening hour, And in Your mercy heal us all.

I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.

I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.