On the day a country decides not to invest a cent in innovation, discovery or exploration, that country decides to be a tributary to others.

You're always under the microscope, and you don't know which mission you're going to get. It's a surprise.

When you're a little different than others, it takes a little more time to fit in. If you really want to be there, there are no ingredients you need other than effort, perseverance and teamwork.

A lot of people, I think, would love to see the earth from above, wear a spacesuit. Certainly, when I was a kid, I wanted to wear a spacesuit.

Most people here don't have a wide emotional range. It's just the type of people astronauts are, they're required to be level.

Definitely you don't become famous by doing something bad; that's a professional death sentence.

Some people will always be volunteers to explore, and it is, in my mind, a privilege.

I'm 45, and I'm still at school, essentially. Even after being assigned to the mission, I had to write a number of exams, with people commenting on my performance.

Nobody is going anywhere in 10 years.

The opportunities to become an astronaut in Canada were far and few.

I am definitely a little more nervous for my colleagues when I'm working at mission control than I am myself, on the shuttle.

When did you stop caring? he asked.When did you start noticing? she replied.

Pride is ugly. It says, 'If you succeed, I am a failure.'

My bandmate once pissed his pants when we were playing in Brazil - but we weren't embarrassed, we were proud.

There are people who, like new songs, are in vogue only for a time.

I'm always weeping at something or other.

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.

We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others.

This is the Great Theatre of Life. Admission is free, but the taxation is mortal. You come when you can, and leave when you must. The show is continuous. Goodnight.

Ricky Ricky Ricky, can't you see? Somehow your words just hypnotize me.

Progress is the ultimate motivation.