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

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

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.

I think the sense of family and family achievement, plus the discipline which I received there from that one-room school were really very helpful in what I did later on.

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.

The subject of feminism cannot be purely a fiction, as some postmodern writers suggest, produced by the discourses of power.

There is no dream, and if there is, there is only one to see you my children struggling for the same and for which I am expected to be finished.

Some people can have a dark side, completely the opposite of the image they portray.

Most filmmakers go out with the first feature and nobody cares.

You just click and you get 18,000 screen shots on how to apply lipstick, for example, but there will be the same selection that has taken place in paper in digital, too.

I always conceive a piece as a different set of challenges.

When the sunne shineth, make hay.

What all the basic religions are saying is this: Don't do anything that isn't play.

Kids are plugged into some sort of electronic medium 44 hours per week.