I believe that inside every tool is a hammer.

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?

I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

Failure is always an option.

I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. That's a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.

The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Don't work for fools. It's not worth it. Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.

It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

There are several grave consequences that come with lack of knowledge, the paramount is destruction.

[Buddhism] takes us beyond a kind of self-centered narcissism because instead of identifying with the content of our experience, we identify with awareness itself.

It is incumbent upon us to respond to the unique needs of military women and ensure they receive proper care during the first year following childbirth.

To respect the cat is the beginning of the aesthetic sense.

The question of painting is bound up with epistemology, with the engagement of the viewer, with what the viewer may learn.

I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.

I was called fat and ugly in the press almost my entire life. I understand that being judged by others comes with the territory, but it broke my heart and ruined my self-esteem.

I think you are wrong, Basil, but I won't argue with you. It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.

Every authentic artist is engaged in this creating of the conscience of the race, even though he or she may be unaware of the fact.

To a toad what is beauty? A female with two lovely pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and green spotted back.