I was a fool, alone, preparing to do what every fool did at such times—I was going to a bar to drink myself smart.

You’re going to listen to me, and for once you’re going to hear what I say and not read between lines that aren’t there.

silence is not weakness and decency is not pride

Treat destiny as the brainchild of passage.

That's what we want to do here at Johnson Space Center. I think what we have always brought to NASA and brought to the country is trying to push the boundaries, trying to go to the next level.

Religion is so much more than the god you pray to. The religion that you associate with, it's culture, it is family, it is background. That is something that I have always grown up with.

Experience is bitter, but its teachings we retain; It has taught me this--who once has loved, loves never on earth again!

For the first time in my life the weather was not something that touched me, that caressed me, froze or sweated me, but became me.

the first step in claiming yourself is anger. You get mad. And you can't do anything before you get angry. And I recommend getting very angry to everyone, anyone.

The Indians are a marginal people in Guatemala just like I am a marginal person in the first world.

Usually, the energy in elevators is so awkward; I mean, I cant imagine the politics in the ones in the Conde Nast building.

The Presidents plan to privatize Social Security would actually take away guaranteed benefits and put the promise of a secure retirement in jeopardy.