If anything, the overriding emotion is gonna just be excitement.

I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries.

If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done.

Imagine a history teacher making history.

What are we doing here? We're reaching for the stars!

May your future be limited only by your dreams!

Space is for everybody. It's not just for a few people in science or math, or for a select group of astronauts. That's our new frontier out there, and it's everybody's business to know about space.

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.

I will go around the space shuttle and give a guided tour of the major areas and describe what is done in each area. This will be called The Ultimate Field Trip.

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.

The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.

Excellence is a way of life.

That small difference made all the difference.

I am one of those people who can't help getting a kick out of life-even when it's a kick in the teeth.

Charlestoning is hard. People were fit in the '20s to be able to do that. I guess they didn't sit in front of their computers all day.

One of the very few things that I do every single day is put on fragrance. If I'm not wearing makeup ... I still put my fragrance on. I will brush my teeth and put on my perfume.

I do try to work out a little. I go swimming twice a day. It beats buying golf balls.

The child as a monument to the passion of two people; the will to oneness in two.

All men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world; So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely everywhere?

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didnt publish my first book until I was 41.

Putin is somebody who really respects strength.