I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.

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.

Trials make you strong.Failure makes you humble.Challenges make you strive.Life keeps you going and growing

It is unbelievable the amount of hate the human body can sustain before it begins to break.

I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.

I've hung out and dated people I've never even met before.

I have no prejudice against male or female.

When you break into song, it's not about dialogue, it's not about how you would speak in a naturalistic sense-it's about expressing your inner torment or your inner joy.

But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them.

Learning a new thing is a shortcut to joy and informs your area of mastery.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.

I'm happy if my book makes you want to kiss your family... if we can reconcile with each other no matter where we are on the globe.