Patients are empowered by having better access to their own health information, and then by owning their own data.

I think that the minute that you have a backup plan, you've admitted that you're not going to succeed.

I would much rather live a life of purpose than one in which I might have other things but not that.

When you find what you love, you do it. That's it.

What I really want out of life is to discover something new, something mankind didn’t know was possible to do.

I think people can benefit tremendously from really asking why they're doing certain things.

I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something. What I did was just to start a little earlier.

Fundamentally, the answers to our challenges in healthcare relies in engaging and empowering the individual.

I believe in the unlimited power of women in the context of science and engineering.

Today, blood work and science are able to provide more of a movie of your health, identifying trends before they become an issue.

My best advice for someone considering adopting a pet is to take the time to really consider your lifestyle, home environment and personal preferences.

I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.

Never restart a journey and use the same road that failed you before.

Love is a piano dropped from a fourth story window, and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I think that's why art prevails: because it helps people in a fairly intangible, magical way feel more connected to each other.

I would paint a portrait which would bring the tears, had I canvas for it, and the scene should be -- solitude, and the figures -- solitude -- and the lights and shades, each a solitude.

There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest.

A library takes the gift of reading one step further by offering personalized learning opportunities second to none, a powerful antidote to the isolation of the Web.

Truth lies at the confluence of independent streams of evidence.

In 1967 there was no place for photography in a contemporary art gallery. It was almost impossible to get an art dealer to look at, let alone exhibit, anything photographic.

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.