Robert B. Laughlin

At Berkeley I had my first encounter with real professional scientists.

My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work.

As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly conscious of being of modest means.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

The flaw of an amateur is to assume what's in our head is what's on the page.