And, you run also video because to fly this arm, you're relying mostly on some external camera views that may be coming from the arm itself or from the station.

I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone

It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is

Polytechnique is a school whose multi disciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.

I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts

So, it takes a lot of chance and luck. I mean I was lucky enough to get in the program where people with the same skills never made it to the program. So keep trying.

We also had to bring with us some desired scientific equipment over to the station as well as assemble new machines. For that, I had to conduct two space walks.

And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation

And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the strongest motivation I really got. And, that came obviously from my parents and my grandparents

Cultivate an intellectual habit of subordinating one's opinions and wishes to objective evidence and a reverence for things as they really are.

Will is a gift from God, desire from the devil.

You can go to any small town in America, there's going to be a metal fan there. You can't say that about post-rock.

It sucks being fat, you know.

Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

If you don't have public hangings for bad culture in a company, if you don't take people out and let them say, they went home to spend more time with the family. It's crazy.

We can't wave a magic wand and get rid of any of these people's problems, but what they want is they want to be heard.

Two things I recognize, O Lord, in myself: Nature, which Thou hast made; Sin, which I have added.

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

I can't dance on ice, because I'm like Bambi on ice.