“I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy majo...” — Michael P. Anderson Quote

“I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force.”

“When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.”

“There are just hundreds of people that have inspired and influenced me in a number of different ways. First of all, you can't forget your parents and all they've done to help you to get here.”

“Stuntwork... once, I've really only done one thing, which is take a punch and transport myself into the air onto a mat.”

“In California in the early Spring, There are pale yellow mornings, when the mist burns slowly into day, The air stings like Autumn, clarifies like pain - Well, I have dreamed this coast myself.”

“Gas prices and train fares seem to be the two commodities for modern British life that base their prices on a whim, or numbers plucked out of thin air, without a thought to the real cost to those for whom those price hikes mean unimaginable sacrifices in their day to day lives.”