"We put water down into the earth to push up gas, then we say, 'Ooh, we're having a water crisis.' Th..." — Mae Jemison

When you have teachers saying, 'I don't have enough time for hands-on activities,' we need to rethink the way we do education.

In space, you need to exercise your heart since it's not pumping blood around at the same rate.

I wanted to be a professional dancer for a period of time, and I did a lot of dancing and choreography and got paid for it.

I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.