I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you make up just to keep yourself from going crazy.

I don't blame you for everything, she told me. Just the stuff my friends & I can agree on.

There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.

There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time.

I am only strong enough for a life of partial virtue.

If you're talking to a child, you're going, 'This is the wonder of science and here's why I'm so fascinated by it.'

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.