"I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions."

Everything is a learning process: any time you fall over, it's just teaching you to stand up the next time.

We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.

The path of revolution is not a path of roses.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

"Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding."

Collaboration is the key to solving complex problems.

Innovation in fisheries must balance economic growth with ecological preservation.