People tend to overstate my resilience, but, of course, I hope they're right.

I've never believed that the only way to make a dent is to be a table thumper.

Condemnatory conservatism isn't anything I'm interested in.

I hope the secretary of state does the right thing. This is too late in the game for lawyers, too late in the game for partisan politics. The voters have spoken, and the votes ought to be counted.

This just doesn't make sense, ... I hope it forces them to look at this stuff in the right way.

Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.