I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.

If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.

Three Secrets to Success: Be willing to learn new things. Be able to assimilate new information quickly. Be able to get along with and work with other people.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.

There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields, ... Girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences.

Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration.

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.

We need to make science cool again.

There were a hundred shades between a truth and lie, and she knew them all.

You might pass by those who're stuck in the neck bottle while you are swiming in your whiskey, be kind !

My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogboundsea the water is a color for which there is no name.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

We build the path as we can, rock by rock.

I practice three hours daily on my violin so I won't get worse.

It really takes a community to raise children, no matter how much money one has. Nobody can do it well alone. And it's the bedrock security of community that we and our children need.

There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.

Down by the river, I shot my baby dead.

They're all personal and self-created challenges that I think I've overcome within myself. Being confident enough to get on stage and play, things like that.