The world is your playground - play with a sense of destiny.

When I'm talking to somebody, I'll put a piece of paper on the table and I'll write what I call a conversation summary - notes about the conversation on the piece of paper. At the end of the conversation, I'll take a picture on my phone and give the other person the original piece of paper.

If you give somebody a lot of questions to answer and then they walk by a bowl of candy, they are more likely to grab the candy because they're tired out from answering questions and can't resist.

The skill-providers want to have more impact and solve problems; the problem people want new tools to get their problems solved.

Maybe we'll understand more about how the universe came to be, and what forces drove it in the early days and which forces drive it now.

It's surprising that the world is understandable to the extent that it is.

One thing that I've been doing for a long time is to wake up really early. I try to get up around 4 or 5 in the morning, long before most of my lab members are up, which gives me some quiet time to really think without distraction. I think that's important.