The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.
A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.