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.

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.

It looks like the future's really bright.

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.'

It takes courage to own up your actions that hurt others, to look Into the eye and to mean the sorry, To accept the mistake and not deny, all of this needs courage.

Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol.

Something incomprehensible is not for that reason less real.

You’re not an adult at all - you're just a tall child holding a beer, having conversations you don't understand...

Of this she was perfectly unaware; to her he was only the man who had made himself agreeable nowhere, and who had not thought her handsome enough to dance with.

I feel a lot of life in me and a lot of creative energy and I think it's better suited somewhere it can run free.

Everyone is passionate about something. Usually more than one thing. We are born with it.

Some day the Devil will come to me and say: 'Come with me.'And I will answer: 'Yes.

I have this idiot name tag which says 'controversial.'

Everybody knows how to utter a complaint, but few can express a graceful compliment.