As Jews, their families left Russia to escape the poverty and the antisemitism.

A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank.

I learned quickly, as I tell my graduate students now, there are no answers in the back of the book when the equipment doesn't work or the measurements look strange.

I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.

My parents were determined to move into the middle class.

This was good training for research, because large parts of experimental work are sometimes boring or involve the use of skills in which one is not particularly gifted.

I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel.

Whatever the course, whether the course was boring or interesting to me, whether I was talented in mathematics or not talented in languages, my parents expected A's.

There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.

The remoteness of my parents from the schools, so unfashionable today, was often painful for me, but I learned early to deal with an outside and sometimes hard world.

Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books.

No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame. For one person, in the dark where no one will ever know or see.

You know that feeling when you wake up in the morning and you're excited for the day? That's one of my main goals in life.

Design must seduce, shape, and perhaps more importantly, evoke an emotional response.

It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

When you love someone, you don't want to hurt them, even if they deserve to be hurt. When you love someone, you want to hurt them, even when they don't deserve to be hurt.

It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.

Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base.

Actually, most people don't think I have too much sense because I would rather be fairly intelligent and act dumb instead of not having any sense at all and try to act smart.

That's the big difference between Christianity and other religions. The difference between Works and Grace or Do and Done.

The people who eat the most animal protein have the most heart disease, cancer and diabetes.