There are some days when no matter what I say it feels like I'm far away in another country & whoever is doing the translating has had far too much to drink.

The most important thing you leave behind is the stuff that turns into treasures when children find it

Trying to follow in the footsteps of the masters, but it's a lot harder than it looks because even though they had the same size feet as us, they weren't looking down the whole time while they walked to make sure they were doing it right

Wrapped around my son with only the knowledge of the words of the world & a quiet remembrance of watching before this all began.

Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.

There really is only one story that you need to tell as a scientist or a technologist. It's Prometheus stealing fire. That's it. That's what we do as scientists or technologists.

If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.