Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.

If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.

Three Secrets to Success: Be willing to learn new things. Be able to assimilate new information quickly. Be able to get along with and work with other people.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.

There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields, ... Girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences.

Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration.

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.

We need to make science cool again.

I fear living a life where I could have accomplished something and didn't. That's what I fear. I don't fear death.

Just as a CEO could care less about pay equity, the university administrator is unconcerned with how many of her program graduates secure employment of any particular quality.

I'm crazy about him and I'm crazy without him!

Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

down the sidewalk where laborers feed their dirty glistening torsos sandwiches and Coca-Cola, with yellow helmets on. They protect them from falling bricks, I guess.

If the governments devalue the currency in order to betray all creditors, you politely call this procedure 'inflation'.

I can't figure it out yet, just how to make it perfect for you, but I'm closer than I was yesterday

If you're not arguing, your coalition isn't wide enough.

With practice the craft will come almost of itself, in spite of you and all the more easitly if you think of something besides technique.

The ability to make and keep promises is the key aspect to trust in a relationship.