TOP 10 Sally Ride quotes

10

I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.

9

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

8

For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.

7

It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.

6

Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle.

5

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

4

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

3

The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.

2

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

1

So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.