I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.

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.

Everyone wants a prodigy to fail it makes our mediocrity more bearable.

Death is known only through dying and truth is known only through diving deep within oneself.

The moment of birth is a miracle .

You can get anywhere if you simply go one step at a time.

I believe in comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.

Sun of my soul, thou Savior dear, It is not night if thou be near. Oh, may no earthborn cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes.

To imagine being in Germany having a home crowd is kind of silly, but we'll take it.

You must always know how long to stay; and when to go.

Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.

I hope we shall . . . crush in [its] birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations.