I worry that we don't have a very good definition of consciousness yet which makes it hard to tackle.

The world is your playground - play with a sense of destiny.

If you give somebody a lot of questions to answer and then they walk by a bowl of candy, they are more likely to grab the candy because they're tired out from answering questions and can't resist.

These disorders - schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, depression, addiction - they not only steal our time to live, they change who we are.

It's not even known how many kinds of cells there are in the brain. If you were looking for a periodic table of the brain, there is no such thing. I really like to think of the brain as a computer.

It's surprising that the world is understandable to the extent that it is.

Work backward from your goal.

Many of the projects that we do that appear quite successful, it's actually often the second or third time we've given it a try.

Maybe we'll understand more about how the universe came to be, and what forces drove it in the early days and which forces drive it now.

Remember, when we're conscious of something, that state is quite often generated by unconscious processes that happen right before it.

If we succeed, it makes no sense to keep it only for ourselves.

The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.

Behind the parents stands the school, and behind the teacher the home.

I can't say, maybe it's something in the ingredients, but again, we have a couple of contestants from Long Island and a phenomenal array of chefs.

God is our loving Father who loves his children perfectly. So, every part of his Word is an expression of his love to us.

Seize the moment – don’t wait for anyone to give you permission.

If I die tomorrow, will I have gotten everything in the world I've ever wanted? No. But I will have gotten everything that's made me happiest.

We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.

I don't know whether machine translation will eventually get good enough to allow us to browse people's websites in different languages so you can see how they live in different countries.

Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.