One other hobby of mine has been playing the oboe but I have not kept this up after 1969.

My graduate studies were carried out at the California Institute of Technology.

Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts.

Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research.

While at Cal Tech I talked a lot with Jon Mathews, then a junior faculty member; he taught me how to use the Institute's computer; we also went on hikes together.

Through this additional support, we must renew our commitment to provide talented young people with the opportunity to build scientific careers based on their curiosity, the same opportunity that was provided to me when I began my work.

The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely due to the extraordinary diligence of the Nobel committees.

My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.

One other hobby of mine has been playing the oboe but I have not kept this up after 1969.

In consequence, science is more important than ever for industrial technology.

The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community.

The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature.

My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage.

In 1975 I met Alison Brown and in 1982 we were married. She works for Cornell Computer Services.

My best mentor is a mechanic - and he never left the sixth grade. By any competency measure, he doesn't have it. But the perspective he brings to me and my life is, bar none, the most helpful.

I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

The quickest way to learn about a new place is to know what it dreams of.

The hairs stand up on the back of my neck at certain music.

A new survey found that 80 percent of men claim they help cook Thanksgiving dinner. Which makes sense when you hear they consider saying that smells good to be helping.

Catherine Tate was a proven comedy actress from a comedy background with great taste. I knew her work, and was an incredible fan.

Well, I think the best thing we can do for the short term is move good energy legislation through to the Congress; I'm encouraged that there's some prospect for that now.

I've seen a range of children's personalities, so it's easier to write about them without patronising them, I think.

Men are hung up on breasts. They're looking at the titty dinner. It's pathetic.

Anybody who doesn't think I want the Lakers to win is a fool. But I'm no homer.

I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.

I went and campaigned for Ken Cuccinelli and did a fund-raiser for Ken Cuccinelli. He's not from my faction of the Republican Party, but you know what? When the nominee is chosen, we have got to come together, or we will never lead.

You know the best thing about competition? There's this whole strategy game, and when it all works out its like solving that hard math equation. You finally get the answer and you're so happy.

I think, you know, it was something that I really wanted. I wanted so much to have a son or daughter. We adopted a son. And it was just the most wonderful thing. I think the only thing that was difficult for both Maury and myself were the sleepless nights.

The first issue to be settled is whether socialism has a right to exist Are its allegations concerning the present system true? Is industry proceeding on a principle of fraud? I wish to test the power of recent economic theory to give an exact answer to this question.

I believe that the human motive to share is very powerful. The human motive to profit is also very powerful, and I think that the profit motive and the sharing motive are not exclusive.

I'm in production year round. I work long hours. I have a dog and a wife. There's not a lot of available time for consuming any culture: T.V., movies, books. When I read, it's generally magazines, newspapers and web sites.

Every time I come off-set, I am just like a normal kid again.

Opening acts are hard, really hard. There's more politics involved than music, sometimes.

Genuine dialogue not rhetorical bomb throwing leads to progress.

In my view, the ebook world for both established and new authors is a terrific new and exciting format. It is a format that will bring forth many new writers to publishing.

I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?

In Jamaica, the music is recorded for the sound system, not the iPod. It's about experiencing music together, with other people.

Our pop scene is among the best in the world because there are 300 languages spoken on the streets of London, compared with 200 in New York. Our diversity is our strength.