In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.

I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work.

I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college.

It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students.

Mann There are two kinds of people: those who GIVE energy and those who DRAIN energy.

It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer.

Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.

There is something exciting about being in an environment in which it's really cool to be smart.

I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college.

When you give of yourself, it's draining.

Most people don't realize that it's not just minorities who don't do well in science and engineering - quite frankly, you're talking about Americans.

We came to save the sacred writings. - Essenes to Eleazar, on collecting the Dead Sea Scrolls from the burning Temple. Jerusalem, 70 CE.

We’re seastnan, we live to protect, sometimes we die and I can’t think of a better way to go than fighting for someone I love.

In the meantime, it just makes it a little harder to smile. But so does the world.

The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action.

Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.

There's a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can't figure the name of it. It's a different chord, and they all make it.

How can we tax people for not buying a product from a website that doesn't work?

I have often prayed for you like this Let me have her

With that strange knowing that comes over me, like a clairvoyance, I know that I am sure of myself and my enormous and alarmingly timeless love for you; which will always be.

If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don't see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.