It looks like the future's really bright.

Fortunately, I got called down to NASA for an interview. And one thing led to the next, and one day I got that call. I've been here about seven years now and am really enjoying it.

When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.

Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of everything, from the sciences to music to writing to literature.

Science was something that really caught my attention. It was something I really could sink my teeth into.

I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space.'

I regard the afterlife to be a fairy story for people that are afraid of the dark

There are no rest stops on the road of life. Otherwise they'd be congested with traffic.

The love for our native land strengthens our individual and national character.

Democrats need to become a 50-state party. You can't have a great party on the West Coast and the East Coast. You need to have a party in all 50 states.

Only the supremely wise and the ignorant do not alter.

A vision should be judged by the clarity of its values, not the clarity of its implementation path [in Mediated Modeling page 43]

We have every reason in time and eternity to rejoice and give thanks for the quality of our lives and the blessings we have been given.

Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo.

I was a scam artist in high school for a while.