“I grew up and I kind of took the road of becoming a pilot, which was a...” — Luca Parmitano Quote

“I grew up and I kind of took the road of becoming a pilot, which was another dream I had of flying, and once I did attend the air force academy, that dream of flying became more like a project, and I wanted to be a fighter pilot, which I did. I became a fighter pilot.”

“Being Italian, I have a very special relationship with the culinary arts. One my projects was to share Italian cultural food with my colleagues.”

“My memories of my childhood are wonderful memories. I feel that I was privileged because I grew up in a beautiful city. It is Catania, on the eastern coast of Sicily. It's a place filled with sun, close to the beach.”

“I Googled every actor from my favorite film 'Annie.' Albert Finney was also from Manchester and he went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - so I auditioned there, too.”

“My toughest time was when I was around 15 or 16 years old. It was around the time of my exams that I wasn't sure I was going to get a contract. So, everything was up in the air. That was the toughest moment in my academy career.”

“In all the years I've taught at the FBI Academy, I've only seen crime get easier, faster, and harder to detect.”