My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe.

The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner.

The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also explore the infrared part of the spectrum.

Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great privilege for me.

Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also.

As far as the radio waves part of the spectrum, we can do these adequately from the ground because the atmosphere is basically transparent to our radio waves.

My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts and studies in these two areas.

I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.

My heart knows what my mind only think it knows.

-(I)n memory, remorse wraps the self.

The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other.

The universe is so big, there's so many worlds, there must be one of them or more, something that's alive.

In other words, RBS had its origins in a failed speculation, a bail-out, and a financial crash so big it helped destroy Scotland's status as a separate nation.

If anything, I don't have any intention of recording music that's just me playing acoustic guitar singing a song anytime soon.

Desire makes everything blossom

Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization.

It would be quite good to be a Formula 1 racecar driver.

How does Rudolph know when Christmas is coming? He looks at his calen-deer!