To get to know, to discover, to publish-this is the destiny of a scientist.

Euler calculated without effort, just as men breathe, as eagles sustain themselves in the air.

The calculus of probabilities, when confined within just limits, ought to interest, in an equal degree, the mathematician, the experimentalist, and the statesman.

Such is the privilege of genius; it perceives, it seizes relations where vulgar eyes see only isolated facts.

On certain occasions, the eyes of the mind can supply the want of the most powerful telescopes, and lead to astronomical discoveries of the highest importance.

Where should be be if we set ourselves to deny everything we do not know how to explain?

In the experimental sciences, the epochs of the most brilliant progress are almost always separated by long intervals of almost absolute repose.

Sometimes, the only things in this world that make sense are the moon, my madness and your hands messing up my hair, while your teeth sink into my soul.

NEVER SACRIFICE YOUR VALUES & MORALS FOR RICHES OR FAME. IT'S A PAYMENT THAT'S NON-REFUNDABLE

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.

We have inherited a great music. This music is a holdover. It comes with us like the skin, the texture of our hair. It's our memory banks.

I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.

Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly.

See, my idea of cute comes with an IQ requirement. It's geeky cute. It's Rivers Cuomo, not Justin Timberlake. It's Gideon Yago, not Brian Mcfayden. Jimmy Fallon, yes please! Brad Pitt, no thank you.

Just take our name off the list. . . . The nomination is meaningless, because it's not voted on by the fans . . . .

There is no such thing as a good or bad ad in isolation. What is good at one moment is bad at another. Research can trap you into the past.

Facebook can be an accumulation of different intelligences.