“Being in space, I'm really looking forward to working with this team o...” — Duane G. Carey Quote

“Being in space, I'm really looking forward to working with this team of folks that I'm with.”

“So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him.”

“Rendezvous day is the third day of our mission, and that's a big day for us.”

“And, I was really impressed with how beautiful our country was and how friendly the people were.”

“I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity to be selected to join the Astronaut Corps.”

“One of the jokes on our flight is that, if we have a normal entry day going, the plan is for me... to actually take the orbiter first and fly it for maybe 10 or 15 seconds and then hand it on over to Scooter.”

“My wife says I spend my life trying to teach white folks. I'm not so sure I'm proud of it, but she's right.”

“Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.”

“Different strokes, for different folks.”

“When you say you're from Virginia, when you travel outside of this state and somebody asks where you're from, you say with pride, 'I am from Virginia. I'm very, very proud of it.' You're very, very proud of it. And why is it? It's because of our history, folks. It's because of our history.”

“My folks were raised pure prohibitionist. They were very good people, with high moral standards - but very repressed. There was no hugging and kissing in my home.”

“With trans folks, we have a lot of people accusing us of just playing dress up for whatever reasons, and that's just not true.”