The message from the Technion when I was a student was: 'You will be so good that when you graduate, everyone will want to hire you.'

The good people look for challenges. When teaching becomes a prestigious profession, then you'll get good people.

A humble scientist is a good scientist.

Me as president would not be like anybody else as president. Everyone does the job differently.

Select a subject that interests you and make an effort to become an expert in that field. I promise you, if you make the effort, and you become an expert, you will have a wonderful career.

I told everyone who was ready to listen that I had material with pentagonal symmetry. People just laughed at me.