I've never lost anything, but I have given some things up.

The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you're finished.

Don't be a creation of circumstances, create your dreams, take full control of your destiny.

Deciding what to read is also a matter of filtering.

L.A. is fun, but it feels like one of those towns in the north of Scotland where there's an oil rig just off the coast and whether or not you work for the oil rig, everyone is connected to it.

We Icelanders are an excellent animal model for humans. This is exactly the way you find common disease genes.

The Gita is not only my Bible and my Koran, it is more than that, it is my mother.

When the juices of trees have no means of escape, they clot and rot in them, making the trees hollow and good for nothing.

It does not make sense. It cannot exist. It's impossible, and if it isn't impossible, it's irrelevant, and if it isn't either of those things, it's embarrassing.

As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and said, 'The measure of a man is how well he provides for his children.

Neither criticism nor praise should be highly regarded.