He wants to do you in cause the color of your skin.
I'd missed science and what it was all about because I was too busy trying to think of other things, when I was at school. I was too busy trying to be James Dean.
There is so much wonder and joy in science, about understanding how the world works and why the world is the way it is. It's not just for academics. It is a thing that's available to everyone.
Newton had a very good description of gravity, back in the day, and then Einstein came along and dug a little bit deeper. Science is like peeling an onion. You go deeper and deeper and deeper, and it doesn't stop. It's not like you will get to a right answer.
At the heart of science is experimentation. Science doesn't care what you think. What's important is experimenting and actually working stuff out.
People think of science like somehow that's the answer, and that it's all about right answers, but science is a lens that we look at the world through.
I've always been a bit of a dreamer. I've always loved to look and seek, and explore and find out.
Writing poetry is a pleasure,. . . a pleasure out of hell
One of the richest countries in the world - the United States of America - is facing a real ethical dilemma in terms of providing equitable access to health care.
The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.
I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out' and not take things so seriously. She will say: 'Go and have a massage. '