When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human.

Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.

I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton.

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.

It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others.

...never let a passion for the perfect take precedence over pragmatism.

i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.

One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.

People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.

Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

If you act like you can do something, then it will work.

Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.

Is love always like this? Is it always so passionate, yet so damn painful?

I have lost tolerance for things without meaning. There is no time for them. Does that make sense? - Sara Seager

And aren't we all just one heartbreak away from complete and total destruction?

No religion can be considered in abstraction from its followers, or even from its various types of followers.

An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it punishes you. This bill will increase your cost of living and may kill your job.

It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is - to persevere.

I don't feel restricted by the language: I feel more free.

Men in all ways are better than they seem.

We have all this digital equipment, and sometimes this analog stuff comes back and people say "Oh my god!" It makes a different sounding music.