My focus is not on solving nature's deeper mysteries. It is on using nature's deeper mysteries to solve important societal problems.

Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.

During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life.

Eighty percent of Americans with HIV do not know they are infected.

When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. As a result, I was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments.

Due to financial reasons, I dropped out of school after eight years of formal schooling.

Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted.