The better we get at getting better, the faster we will get better.

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

These days, the problem isn't how to innovate; it's how to get society to adopt the good ideas that already exist.

The key thing about all the world's big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively. If we don't get collectively smarter, we're doomed.

Boosting mankind's capability for coping with complex, urgent problems

It would be wonderful if I can inspire others, who are struggling to realize their dreams, to say 'if this country kid could do it, let me keep slogging away'.

Sometimes I apologize. It started that way and we never did change it.

An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.

We cannot improve until we know where to improve. Self-analysis is just like looking at the mirror, we don’t present ourselves to others till the time we get satisfied with the image in the mirror.

I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.

Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.

Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh.

By Thy power, let there be peace, O God!

Well, usually when a person shakes their head," said McGonagall coldly, "they mean 'no.' So unless Miss Edgecombe is using a form of sign language as yet unknown to humans.

The men in the steel industry who sacrificed their all were nor merely aiding their fellows at home but were adding strength to the cause of their comrades in all industry.

She has the majesty of hurricanes and explosions.

The science world has no such coherence, cohesion or cooperation. It's a bunch of academics who were raised on the idea of communication being a frivolous add-on.