Latest Anousheh Ansari Quotes from Interviews

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• I think women in Iran are very resilient and I am very proud of all the Iranian women that are standing up for their rights and speaking out, and I hope that they will succeed and I am glad the international community is paying attention and supporting them as well.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Thinking, Community, Attention

  Source: bigthink.com

• Space travel is a dream for many men and women. I think my trip will be perceived differently by different genders because for women, a lot of time, not only space travel, it's not accessible to everyone, but is even less accessible to women, there are a lot more barriers for them especially if they live in countries where things like space travel, engineering, any science and technology-related field would be considered a more male-dominated field. And so I want to show them that there is nothing preventing woman, or making them less qualified to be involved in any of these fields.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Dream, Country, Men

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

• I wasn't frightened going to outer space. I'd been living this in my head for many, many years, so I sort of had played all of these scenarios of flying into space and seeing earth. I think I was very prepared for it. It was almost a completely joyful, very happy, very exciting experience, and I didn't have time or any desire to think about what things could go wrong.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Thinking, Flying, Desire

  Source: bigthink.com

• One of the most memorable moments was when I first saw earth because I had seen many pictures, many videos of earth from space, and being able to see that with my own eyes had a completely different effect, and sort of almost sensing life emanating from our planet in the dark background of the space, it was a really memorable experience.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Memorable, Eye, Dark

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

• Global education is something that is important for me. Because I believe that our future is going to be built by our young generation.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Believe, Young Generation, Important

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• One of the things I do when I'm very stressed out and I can't get out and I need to do something, I just close my eyes and try to remember what it was like to be in space and to float around. And that sort of brings back all of those good sensations and good memories, and it helps me to get through the day.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Memories, Eye, Space

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• You have to find ways of integrating what you like into your business life. And it's difficult at times, but I think over time with experience, you learn how to do it.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Thinking, Way, Integrating

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• You have to find things that are accessible and doable in your busy life and try to fit some time in your schedule to just have time to yourself and be able to recoup and refocus.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Trying, Able, Schedules

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• Of course, spending time with family is always good. I love the outdoors, so if I get a chance to go out and hike or bike around, that's always great. If I don't have time to leave, just listening to some music that I love reenergizes me and gives me that break I need to go back to whatever it is I'm doing.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Giving, Listening, Needs

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• Being an immigrant and staring life over, you learn to be a survivor and how to face your challenges and basically overcome them. And that has been a great skill set that I've developed and has helped me in my career.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Skills, Careers, Challenges

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• I think one thing that has helped me to be an entrepreneur is being an immigrant and coming to the United States. I had to basically build a new life for myself, and adjust very quickly to a new environment, new culture, learn a new language.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Thinking, Entrepreneur, Culture

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• Find something you enjoy and love and you're passionate about. And then dedicate all you've got to make it a success. And if you have those two things, I think with your passion and dedication, there is nothing that you cannot accomplish.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Passion, Thinking, Dedication

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• It is very rewarding when you see your employees happy and excited about the success of the company. When you introduce something new, a product in the world that gets really high marks and everyone loves using it and raves about it. You will feel very good about it.

  Anousheh Ansari

  World, Rave, Excited

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• My advice to everyone is find something that you love to do and you are passionate about. Because if you're not passionate about something, it's very difficult to be dedicated to it.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Advice, Passionate, Dedicated

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• Being an entrepreneur does require commitment. It is hard work, but it is also highly rewarding. So when you can look back and see yourself building a successful company.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Hard Work, Commitment, Successful

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• Being an entrepreneur and starting new companies require a lot of sacrifice. Sacrifice that you have to make. Because in order to be really successful, your company becomes your life. And then you have to really dedicate your time and energy fully to this endeavor that you start.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Successful, Sacrifice, Order

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• Being an entrepreneur does require a lot of sacrifice of your personal time and personal hobbies and things that you enjoy. At least for the period of high growth that you experience at the beginning of a company's life cycle, you have to be ready to make a lot of time sacrifices and personal sacrifice.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Sacrifice, Entrepreneur, Growth

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• I've been very fortunate, because sometimes it's difficult to work with your spouse. But in our case, it's a great working relationship, and we have complementary skills which makes it easy to work together. So I've been very fortunate in that regard.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Skills, Together, Sometimes

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• The biggest influence in my life has been by husband, who is also my partner in the business. We started our companies together, and he's always been there encouraging me to take on new challenges in my life. And when I do take them on, he's right beside me supporting and helping me through all the difficult time.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Husband, Challenges, Together

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• Having a really good partner, whether it's a good friend, someone in your family or a spouse, is always the greatest thing to have when you have a new challenge that you're facing.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Good Friend, Challenges, Partners

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• Being an entrepreneur is really exciting for me. Whether it's creating something or just building a company and giving others the opportunity to build a career, I think it's exciting to be at the helm of these types of activities.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Opportunity, Thinking, Creating

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• Technology doesn't have to be difficult to use or complicated. I feel technology is something that's there to make your life easier not more difficult.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Technology, Use, Complicated

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• Being an entrepreneur I love to help people, and I think through the products that we develop in my company, we will be able to help a lot of people. Whether it's help them to get over the difficulties of a technology and use it. Or helping employees, creating new jobs, new opportunities for people that work in my company.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Jobs, Opportunity, Thinking

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• I'm an explorer by nature, and being an entrepreneur allows me to explore new opportunities and technologies. And that's the best part of it.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Technology, Opportunity, Entrepreneur

  Source: www.ncwit.org

• I always was fascinated by space and always wanted to learn more about it and wanted to experience it first hand by flying into space. I don't know how it began or where it began. Maybe I was born with it. Maybe it's in my genes.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Hands, Space, Flying

  "Interview with Anousheh Ansari, the First Female Space Tourist". Interview with Sara Goudarzi, www.space.com. September 15, 2006.