At the time, there were very few foreign names in the press and they were all factory workers. I thought I'd never get a job at a university with a foreign name.

Friends are not made, but recognized.

... Kindness, sweetest of the small notes in the world's ache, most modest & gentle of the elements entered man before history and became his daily connection, let no man tell you otherwise.

I fell in love with social work, and that was my undoing as a poet.

Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.

Up up up up up up points the spire of the steeple but god's work isn't done by god it's done by people

Nobody has to lose for me to succeed and that is a unique job. Everybody wins, horse wins, people win, I win.

It's okay to not be superwoman all the time.

Fish," the old man said. "Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?

Only a lunatic would want to be president. These lunatics are created deliberately by those who wish to be presided over.

Scientist believe in things, not in person

If you are really effective at what you do, 95% of the things said about you will be negative.

When someone offers me a job or a project, I always ask myself, "What does it tell me about the world?" and "Have I seen it before?" Two good questions.

It hurts me when seeing a girl cry...I want to comfort them as long as I can...or I'll end up crying too...