Life is not like cooking, where you can prepare all the ingredients before you start cooking.

The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.

I'm like a head trip to listen to, 'cause I'm only givin' you things you joke about with your friends inside your living room.

The best scientists are those who remain humble in the face of nature's complexity.

In the end, we are all just trying to survive.

The journey of scientific discovery is as important as the destination.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.