Of course I was delighted the flight was over, but I still had to worry about cleaning up inside the cabin, I had to worry about the hatch, how to get in the sling, and so on.

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.

When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon I cried

The fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.

Why don't you light that candle ?

You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doing.

I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history books.

I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student.

Got more dirt than ball. Here we go again.

We're going to see passengers in space stations in 15 years, who will be able to buy a ticket and spend a weekend in space.

Sólo la fiebre y la poesía provocan visiones. / Sólo el amor y la memoria. / No estos caminos ni estas llanuras. / No estos laberintos.

I won't share everything, both in my act or in interviews. Some of the people who become the most famous are the most self-revelatory, and I'm like, 'No, it's just not worth it to me.'

In fact, the number one reason for obesity in North America is simple: over consumption. And we over consume because we're hungry.

You sleep on a win and you'll wake up with a loss.

I wave to the double-decker buses from my bike, but the passengers never wave back. Why? Am I not an attraction?

Would I ever find forever love? Do I really want to, when forever was a word without meaning?

Endless good now comes to me in endless ways.

I was very lucky once I got started with a career. I happened to get some really good parts to play with some really good people to play with.

The opposing tendencies of concentration and spread are of little consequence in the liberal model of political economy.

Nobody is right all the time and even a broken clock is right twice a day.