The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected.

It was like stepping on to an escalator; I could do anything. I was just made for science.

You would think that UV just causes mutations, but it doesn't, you need a gene to be active for it.

Life's too short to not be around nice people.

I eat some fruit every day, but not too much and almost no processed food. I stay away from sweets, except 80 per cent chocolate.

In principle, if you understood the mechanisms of keeping things repaired, you could keep things going indefinitely.

Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend lifespan.

I have always gotten a thrill, a kick, from learning new things.

Age is the single largest risk factor for an enormous number of diseases. So if you can essentially postpone aging, then you can have beneficial effects on a whole wide range of disease.

Maybe one day we will be able to take a pill that keeps us young and healthy much longer. I believe in my heart that this will happen.

You could have two completely different careers if you could stay healthy to 90. How fascinating that would be.

Learn to adapt like a bird. We can only dream of flying but the bird has already grown her wings.

The revolution lasted six minutes and covered one hundred an twelve meters.

A little bump in the road is just a bump. There's more ahead until you reach your destination.

Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position.

We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.

In my early days, I was about 145 pounds. I was really a starving artist; the poster child for starving artists.

You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still 'mom-in-chief.' My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.

In the last James Bond movie, the villain was a culture captain, a tycoon of culture, a Murdoch figure. It's not as if people don't know what is going on.

May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism.

We will not keep silent, even if the Formula One is taking place. We will protest for human rights and freedom.