The only thing it would be nice to have more of would be M & M's.

It was just using the liquid shampoo - the Russians have one very similar to the stuff we use on the Shuttle - you just wet your hair with it and then wipe it out.

I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts have performed just as well as the men astronauts.

You're in charge but don't touch the controls.

When I got my PhD, it was a time when there were just no jobs for PhDs. Period. PhDs were getting the lowest paid technician jobs, if they were lucky, in any kind of science.

You think America is the biggest place on Earth, but it's not. [The view from Mir] put everything in perspective.

If you look at the whole thing, I think the most gratifying thing is my kids, without a doubt.

You're in charge but don't touch the controls. Recounting what the two Russian cosmonauts tell her each time they leave the Mir space station for a spacewalk.

Doing something once can be addicting. Doing it twice is admitting it.

The only thing that holds a marriage together is the husband being big enough to step back and see where the wife was wrong.

At my age, I dont even buy green bananas.

The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in the end it's going to be a lot better and a lot bigger.

Gazzy sniffed the air. "That's explosives. It smells like Christmas!" Okay, so we've had somewhat untraditional Christmases. With explosives.

Part 3 BACK TO SCHOOL (THE NORMAL KIND)

Your mistake does not define who you are...you are your possibilities.

I like to date schoolteachers. If you do something wrong, they make you do it over again.

Children read more when they see other people reading.

I'm always going to be just me.