145 Quotes by Sally Ride

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

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!

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

But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.

After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.

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.

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

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

On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.