145 Quotes by Sally Ride

For whatever reason, I didn’t succumb to the stereotype that science wasn’t for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.

I think it’s important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I’m proud to be a role model!

I’ve spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don’t see why I should start now.

But when I wasn’t working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.

So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion – because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there’s not very much you can do.

If it wasn’t for the women’s movement, I wouldn’t be where I am today.

The food isn’t too bad. It’s very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program.

The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry – astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency.

I don’t have any nicknames.