Innovation is not born out out of a committee; innovation is a fight. It’s messy, people die, but when the battle is over, something unimaginably significant has been achieved.

A milestone is less date and more definition.

Watch with awe and amazement at how quickly an engineer will become totally annoyed by inefficiency.

A toxic person kills, and by kills I mean totally destroys teamwork.

World, you are beautifully drest.

I believe email-based status reports are the clearest and best signs of managerial incompetence and laziness.

You have no idea if your idea matters until you share it.

You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot: You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!

Snark from nerds is a leading indicator that I'm wasting their time and when I find it, I ask questions until I understand the inefficiency so I can change it or explain it.

Managers tell you where you are, leaders tell you where you're going.

Criticism is the best sign you're onto something.

Be happy while you have life.

Memories are simply moments that refuse to be ordinary

The days get longer and the nights smell green I guess it's not surprising but it's spring and I should leave.

NASA projects often have romantic names that link into a long history of exploration and adventure: Atlantis and Discovery, for example.

I love buying things. I could be one of those crazy hoarders.

The most important questions a human can ever ask must surely deserve the most convincing answers, not simply the most comforting?

If you spend an extra hour each day of study in your chosen field you will be a national expert in that field in five years or less.

Beware lest we mistake our prejudices for our convictions.

I always had an aversion to your apostles of freedom; each but sought for himself freedom to do what he liked.

We all ought to be equal and not see discrimination based on gender, race, or sexual orientation.