So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising.

This new understanding of processes on Europa would not have been possible without the foundation of the last 20 years of observations over Earth's ice sheets and floating ice shelves.

From our point of view, the most exciting thing would be if we discovered something really fundamental in our understanding was just off a bit - and that now we have a chance to revisit it.

It seemed like my favourite kind of job - a wonderful chance to ask something absolutely fundamental: the fate of the Universe and whether the Universe was infinite or not.

We will all fail in life, but nobody has to be a failure. Failing at a thing doesn't make you a failure. You are only a failure when you quit trying.

I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success.

The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.

Success is not just about being a hard worker, it is about becoming a smart worker.