I love that moment when I feel a connection to another person, however brief or insignificant.

Like everyone else, I get swept along just trying to keep up with that endlessly growing to-do list, but I do my best to treat the day as one big meditation or symphony.

Don't ever give up on your dream. Ever.

Stick with your passion, and keep moving forward. You can't go wrong.

One must strive to be as honest as you are humanly capable with yourself and others. It is impossible to move forward otherwise.

I have been involved with science and math education my whole life. My hope is to continue to promote the love of these beautiful disciplines to the next generation.

A dream project is anything I do when I'm awake.

The rain washed away my pitcher's mound... I'm a pitcher without a mound... I'm a lost soul... I'm like a politician out of office." "Or a sailor without an ocean..." "Or a boy without a girl.

I feel like Bush presidencies are like "Godfather" films. You should stop at two.

It's very odd, being older, because in a way it's hard to own the past, even.

No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand.

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won...In prayer we bring our spiritual enemies into the Presence of God and we fight them there.

In this silent, serene wilderness the weary can gain a heart-bath in perfect peace.

I have a lot of hang-ups in life with men. I'm not very trusting.

Like all biologists I simply acknowledge the gravity of the current situation. There are scenarios under which things work out well and to that extent I'm a cautious optimist.