Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long. The closer the deadline, the more likely you'll start thinking waaay outside the box.

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?

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

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.

Live in peace.

After my mother's death I began to see her as she had really been.... It was less like losing someone than discovering someone.

My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.

I as little fear that God will damn a man that has charity, as I hope that the priests can save one who has not.

In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty.

Eliminating business taxes makes US best at manufacturing.

Not everything will go as you expect in your life. This is why you need to drop expectations, and go with the flow of life.

It is the heart that sees the primordial eternity of every creature.

Apparently sometimes my humor is dryer than a desert.

At the end of the day, we're just trying to prevent each other from going mad.