Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.

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.

Every day is worthy of celebration because every day is a present you receive by grace.

Based on the law of probability Everything is possible because The sheer existence of possibility Confirms the existence Of impossibility.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

we are houses eaten by rivers because we do not know their smell.

Obviously, following my convictions has come at a personal price, but they are important enough that I have been willing to endure the abuse.

The majority of the Afghan people support a strategic partnership with the United States.

The artist is the world's scapegoat.

With Donald Trump, you know, what I would tell you is that he's got shelf life like I never would have guessed.

Bernard Herrmann was a genius, a great, great composer.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.