The last thing that man will understand in nature is the performance of his brain.
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.
I would like to be remembered as someone who was not afraid to do what she wanted to do, and as someone who took risks along the way in order to achieve her goals.
If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.
The best advice I can give anybody is to try to understand who you are and what you want to do, and don't be afraid to go down that road and do whatever it takes and work as hard as you have to work to achieve that.
I never went into physics or the astronaut corps to become a role model. But after my first flight, it became clear to me that I was one. And I began to understand the importance of that to people. Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose, just so they can picture themselves doing those jobs someday. You can't be what you can't see.
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.
I don't watch myself generally. I do something, see it once, and then I'll probably never see it again unless it's an accident.
We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.
Compliment people. Magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses.
Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.