How do we attack important problems? Pose the right question.

In a battery, I strive to maximize electrical potential. When mentoring, I strive to maximize human potential.

Want to know the best thing about being a professor? Colored chalk.

With a giant battery, we'd be able to address the problem of intermittency that prevents wind and solar from contributing to the grid in the same way that coal and gas and nuclear do today.

People would like better batteries but they are wary of making investments. What is required is both a technology push and a market pull.

If you want to make something dirt cheap, make it out of dirt–preferably dirt that is locally sourced.

The liquid metal battery story is more than an account of inventing technology. It's a blueprint for inventing inventors.

The students who work with me believe in science in service of society, not science in service of career building.

The place where "me & I" does not exist - Leadership

There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.

No one predicts the future. No one tries to.

You don't mess with janitors, first of all, they have like 40 keys, and 1 is to a closet you don't want to be inside of.

The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world.

When I was a kid I used to tell myself the moon was a silver gong and if I could climb high enough to beat on it with both hands all my wishes would come true.

I think mainly it's an optics thing: to be able to visualize a woman in a position of power. It's going to be wonderful for all of us in every field.

The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.

Great achievement often happens when our backs are up against the wall. Pressure can actually enhance your performance.

The chains of love are stronger than the chains of fear.