I thought the chances of becoming a Nobel Prize laureate were minuscule because there are so many other innovations and discoveries that happen almost every day.

I think I have a heavily compartmentalized brain, which means that certain routines are simply running without me realizing it.

I love the English language, the colors of it, the many, many nuances, the different influences. I find German stilted, in a way, by comparison.

There are really so many subtleties of meaning and observation that very often are not expressed by writers.

We have to start encouraging women to get into math and science early on in life... But to just say TechCrunch is perpetuating the problem because there aren't enough women speakers at our events is just a way to get attention and not solve the problem. So do we want to solve the problem, or do we want to just pick on me?

As for me, I want to have fun while I’m working. Now not everyone thinks physics is fun, but I do. I think experimental physics is especially fun, because not only do you get to solve puzzles about the universe or on Earth, there are really cool toys in the lab."

When I came to MIT, there were four rubrics: science, art, design, and technology. And as you entered your degree, whether it was a master's or a Ph.D., if you were a citizen in one domain, you were a traveler in the other.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.