Live the rest of your life in possibility

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!"

In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold.

I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.

The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.

It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.

Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it.

in 2011, Rachel and I founded a company called Caribou Biosciences to commercialize the Cas proteins.

The paradox of challenges

Adam and Eve had many advantages but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

Selfish hedonism is not a pejorative. It is a description - an exactly accurate description of what is involved in homosexual relations.

I recommend it to all people: Get down on the floor and look at the world from where the child looks at it.

It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.

I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.

Everything is true Everything anybody has ever thought

Nowadays you envy a manic-depressive. Half the time he's happy, the other half he's right.

Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose.