On developing company culture: "Part of company culture is path-dependent—it's the lessons you learn along the way."

"I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts."

The most important quality for a scientist is curiosity - the desire to understand how things work.

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it’s not out there is that it’s inside us.