“All the leadership positions that I have had have one common denominat...” — Mildred Dresselhaus Quote

“All the leadership positions that I have had have one common denominator: none has required that I give up my science work.”

“People who have it too easy in early life have a disadvantage for later on, because they get to thinking that everything is going to be easy.”

“I think women benefit from being in places and having positions where the quality of work is the criteria, not what you look like. Not every place is like that.”

“If there's a common denominator in all of the parts I've played, they are all strong women in tough situations.”

“The people of NSW should not continue to be held hostage to a lowest common denominator approach that privileges the parochial interests of small populations.”

“I find that when I'm struggling to think of how a six-year-old would feel about something, I just have to go right down to the common denominator, find the simplest way that you can look at an object or a problem, and not muck it up with all of the stuff that adults do and over-analyze.”