The first erroneous assumption is that quality means goodness, or luxury, or shininess, or weight. Quality means conformance to requirements.

A leader's job is not to do the work for others, but to help others figure out how to do it themselves.

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and deeper than our latest theory about it.

We live in a world where people are judged by their worst actions, not their best.

The challenge of our time is to create a sustainable energy future.