Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.
We took on things which people might think would take a year or two. They weren't particularly hard. What was hard was believing they weren't hard.
Someone is going to make your product obsolete. Make sure it's you.
The present is the past biting into the future.
Industry is best at the intersection of science and art.
If you are able to state a problem - any problem - and if it is important enough, then the problem can be solved.