Small farms are the lifeblood of rural communities—we must protect them as fiercely as we would our own families.

I don’t like to be told what I am.

"To write is to breathe, and to breathe is to live."

"Every failure is a stepping stone to success, provided we learn from it."

Every discovery in science opens up a new set of questions, and that's what makes it so exciting.

I think about the limits of language.

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.