145 Quotes by Sally Ride

The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.

There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy.

We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.

You know, I go around the country a lot.

I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it.

Once you are assigned to a flight, the whole crew is assigned at the same time, and then that crew trains together for a whole year to prepare for that flight.

I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.

For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.

It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.