You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.

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.

Religion was a means to an end. She had seen it wielded as a weapon. If she needed to use it, she would, but she would never allow herself to be used by it.

Just like the cosmonauts and their pee plants, all we have is each other.

She was afraid of nothing and demanded everything.

Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear.

Knowledge resides in the user and not in the collection. It is how the user reacts to a collection of information that matters.

Reason must be the universal rule and guide; all things must be done according to reason without allowing oneself to be swayed by emotion.

In American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.'

You cannot add more minutes to the day, but you can utilize each one to the fullest.

Faith is what is left after all your beliefs have been blown to hell.

I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play.