Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?

I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

Failure is always an option.

I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. That's a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.

The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Don't work for fools. It's not worth it. Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.

It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.

Be a man: accept the challenge of the unknown, of the beyond. Let it become a great dream in your being.

Labor, you know, is prayer.

Human beings are not like they are portrayed in Hollywood. They are individuals who are a mixture of good and bad.

Before you can beat me (this is the easy part), you have to allow yourself to win.

I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.

You are your child's keeper until she's mature enough to keep herself.

When you have walked through the hell of your negative thoughts and survived, no pain on this earth will ever again worry you.

If you have a target, you will walk more lively even in the middle of a desert!

I'm insane, not forgetful.

Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression.