Top 64 Quotes by Sally Ride

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

I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.

The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.

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.

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!

One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure.

It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.

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

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.

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