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Sally Ride

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Sally Ride may not have a Wikipedia page, but their words have earned a place in our collection all the same. The range of their thinking — from Science to Teacher — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Browse 13 quotes by Sally Ride that cover ground from Science, Teacher, Society, Knowledge, and History. A line that stays with you: "I did not come to NASA to make history."

“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.”

— Sally Ride

Food

All Quotes by Sally Ride

“Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.”

— Sally Ride

Science

“Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.”

— Sally Ride

Science

“I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.”

— Sally Ride

Science

“I did not come to NASA to make history.”

— Sally Ride

History

“So I decided on science when I was in college.”

— Sally Ride

Science

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

— Sally Ride

Society

“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.”

— Sally Ride

Science

“It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.”

— Sally Ride

Knowledge

“I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.”

— Sally Ride

Science

“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.”

— Sally Ride

Food

“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.”

— Sally Ride

Change