“Just taking risks for risk's sake, that doesn't do it for me. I'm will...” — Chris Hadfield Quote

Just taking risks for risk's sake, that doesn't do it for me. I'm willing to take risks that I think are worth it, and I've worked so hard to make sure that I survive.

When we first get to space, we feel sick. Your body is really confused. You're dizzy. Your lunch is floating around in your belly because you're floating. What you see doesn't match what you feel, and you want to throw up.

In the astronaut business - the shuttle is a very complicated vehicle; it's the most complicated flying machine ever built. And in the astronaut business, we have a saying, which is, 'There is no problem so bad that you can't make it worse.'

You could look at something a hundred times from space, but the next time you come around the world, suddenly it's very different and gorgeous-looking, just because of the change of weather or the angle of the sun.

I'll probably be punished for hard living.

It's hard to be what you can't see.

I'm way too hard on myself and it's past the point of being productive.

I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.