As an Odd-Fish, it is not my job to be right,' said Sir Oort. 'It is my job to be wrong in new and exciting ways.

All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't.

Real mothers don't just listen with humble embarrassment to the elderly lady who offers unsolicited advice in the checkout line when a child is throwing a tantrum. We take the child, dump him in the lady's cart, and say, "Great. Maybe you can do a better job."

Real mothers know that it's okay to eat cold pizza for breakfast.

Real mothers admit it is easier to fail at this job than to succeed.

if you set your goals ridiculously high and its a failure, you will fail above everyone elses success

...they didn’t think there was anything very odd in anyone being a little odd.

I never fail. It's just that the people around me succeed more than I.