Research is creating new knowledge.

When you deejay a party, a good DJ's job is to take care of the crowd. If people want to hear Britney Spears, that's what you're supposed to do.

How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.

I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer - born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped in steam tables, in love with free-body diagrams, transformed by Laplace, and propelled by compressible flow.

I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.

Figure out how to build a brand and stick by it so people know what to expect.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.