Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.
Any problem can be solved as long as it is stated properly.
The test of an invention is the power of an inventor to push it through in the face of staunch-not opposition, but indifference-in society.
If you are able to state a problem - any problem - and if it is important enough, then the problem can be solved.