石材的真正价值在于我们如何改造它以供人类使用。

The genome is a time machine.

Boundaries define us. They define what is me and what is not me. A boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins, leading me to a sense of ownership.

My work exists in the space between poetry and politics.

Assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled, and it will be attracted to you.

在把所有这一切搞得混淆不清时，人们非但没有使我们明理，反而使我们变得邪恶。

I have a vivid memory of what happened， and it was not what I expected. I expected to be applauded for my cleverness and arithmetic skills. "Jeff， you're so smart. You had to have made some tricky estimates， figure out the number of minutes in a year and do some division." That's not what happened. Instead， my grandmother burst into tears. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. While my grandmother sat crying， my grandfather， who had been driving in silence， pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway. He got out of the car and came around and opened my door and waited for me to follow. Was I in trouble？ My grandfather was a highly intelligent， quiet man. He had never said a harsh word to me， and maybe this was to be the first time？ Or maybe he would ask that I get back in the car and apologize to my grandmother. I had no experience in this realm with my grandparents and no way to gauge what the consequences might be. We stopped beside the trailer. My grandfather looked at me， and after a bit of silence， he gently and calmly said， "Jeff， one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever."

You can't do it all yourself. Don't be afraid to lean on others.

The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don't have to swing at everything—you can wait for your pitch.

"The future is about making technology work for people."