There are many people of color who are very talented.

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles.

Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.

Knowing "why" (an idea) is more important than learning "what" (the fact).

It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.

No one may have the guts to say this, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add genes, why shouldn't we?

We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.

Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you're not going to hire them.

Our goal should be to understand our differences.

The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.

Never be the brightest person in the room.

A graceful heart is a virtue of the meek.

My whole thing is not just to play music for people, but to make them part of the evening.

How to manage a project: Limit it in scope. Make it simple. Get success. Then iterate.

I am what I am. A fighter.

Most of our distractions are designed to invite us away from this recognition, which is a good idea.

Bad habits die hard...........❤ #livingforlove ❤ #rebelheart

Female beauties are as fickle in their faces as in their minds; though casualties should spare them, age brings in a necessity of decay.

And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing.

Progressives always like clean energy ideas. But conservatives should like this agenda, too.