“People are more likely to remember the great social interaction they had with a colleague than the great meeting they both attended.”

“We are limited only by our imagination and our will to act.”

“Everyone I have spoken with about working with the Russians in space exploration believes that the United States has learned a great deal from Russia and that Russia has learned a great deal from t...”

“We essentially had to build a docking mechanism between the two capsules. We didn't have to share a lot of data, and we did that at the height of the Cold War, which was pretty symbolic." Bill Gers...”

“And in that moment, I was hit with the realization that this delicate layer of atmosphere is all that protects every living thing on Earth from perishing in the harshness of space.”

“Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.”

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our pur...”

“If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly.”

“The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.”

“Some say God is living there [in space]. I was looking around very attentively, but I did not see anyone there. I did not detect either angels or gods....I don't believe in God. I believe in man - ...”

“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, int...”

“We're all astronauts, really, aren't we; interstellar astronauts, travelling so far into the blackness we can never return.”

“Collaboration is an inside-out mindset. It has to start on the inside, with the Heart.”

“When your heart is right, you want to bring out the best in others.”

“Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth.”