The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so thin. We know that we don't have much air - we need to protect what we have.

We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore ... We believe in what we're doing. Now it's time to go.

I don't think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove.

I'm honored to be the first woman to have the opportunity to command the shuttle. I don't really think about that on a day-to-day basis because I really don't need to.

The vast majority of the shuttle program was a success. We learned so much about how a reusable spacecraft interacts with its environment, how it ages-and what to design next time.

My daughter just thinks that all moms fly the Space Shuttle

I have no nerves, no emotion, no pressure.

I wanted to apply to the astronaut program after the Challenger accident

One thing I've learned about myself is that I can accomplish anything I want to. The caveat is that I have to want to do it. I've never been able to forge desire.

To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way.

The irony of rule followers is they often quote a lot of people that do not follow as many rules as they do.

The only thing I can ever do is make a film that I can respond to. I could not make a romantic comedy for college girls. I wouldn't know how that works.

Oh, how desperately bored, in spite of their grim determination to have a Good Time, the majority of pleasure-seekers really are!

Having this interest here in the Redskins is the chief hobby of my life.

I don't ever want to be an average fourth starter. I want to be the big guy.

The lessons of nonviolence are universal. Not just for America.

Paradox likes contradictions with exits.

As a songwriter it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.