I just had one of those 'what the hell are we doing' moments.

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.

I understood that centuries of chains and lashes will not kill the spirit of man nor the sense of truth within him.

Outrage is easy, cheap, and oversold. The nation needs less anger and more thoughtful reflection, less shouting and more listening, less dissembling and more honesty.

You should never start something when you haven't finished the last thing. People feel used that way.

Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword.

Where I am ignorant, Lord, teach me. Where I am wrong, Lord, correct me. Where I am right, Lord, confirm me.

Until you're prepared to kill your parents, you're not really prepared to change the country because our parents are our first oppressors.

I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.

When I was a kid I had this funny blonde hair and everyone called me 'Chick' because I looked like Tweety Bird.

Know yourself; keep your circle tight. Keep your friends and your work circle tight.

Thinkers are not a welcome addition to most social situations.