I have decided not to give interviews and not to hold conversations with journalists who deal with the political activity of my wife rather than my activity as university teacher and researcher.

If you ask me what is the best good fortune in my life, of course I say that I have seen in my lifespan the Wall coming down, the reunification.

They see me all the time at Bayreuth and think I only like Wagner's music, and it's not true.

I will not talk to journalists about anything that does not concern my work as a scientist or lecturer.

No entrepreneur ever publicly admits to bribing, but few dare to openly claim they don't, either.

I'm aware that not everyone approved of how I played, but I don't think any apologies are in order. Early in my career, I decided that it was worth it to do whatever was necessary to earn the extra split second it takes to make a pass or shoot the puck.

About half the people at Valve have run their own companies, so they always have the option not just to take a job at another game company, but to go start their own company. The question you always have to answer is, 'How are we making these people more valuable than they would be elsewhere?'

In basic research, the use of the electron microscope has revealed to us the complex universe of the cell, the basic unit of life.