There is joy in the search for knowledge about the universe in all its manifestations.
Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.
My father always told me that in this world we are going to make a truckload of mistakes, but the best mistake we can ever make is to err on the side of mercy
Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full impact of World War II? Clear-cut teenage answer: we won.
They marched. Not for themselves. They marched to remember the ones who didn't make it back. They marched because seeing so much loss can teach you about life. they marched because we're all fighting a war whether we know it or not. . . a war for our minds and souls and what we believe in.
You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people who loved them, all they hoped to be and could give back to the world.
Sometimes you've got to shout the truth and wake people up.
In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.
being physically intimidating didn't keep you from getting your feelings hurt. Everyone's heart is the same size.
The companies that can afford to do basic research (and can't afford not to) are ones that dominate their markets. . . . It's cheap insurance, since failing to do basic research guarantees that the next major advance will be oened by someone else.
Every true friend is a glimpse of God.