I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.

When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist.

I started taking a basic biology course, and I really loved it. I started asking research questions incessantly. I was drawn very quickly to biology.

There is an excitement in creating a life, rather than maintaining a life you are not excited about living.

Open the doors of opportunity, Success is waiting there for you.

Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.

All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But... I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.

Become very comfortable being uncomfortable.

A man without a home can't be lost.

My fear is that, had I stayed in Jersey, I would have become Snooki because I'm just a bottle of hair dye away.

At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.

I'm trying to keep up with what's happening in this turbulent world.

If we had joined efforts some time ago [with U.S], we could have avoided many problems the world is facing now, I believe.