“The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of fact...” — Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote

“The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.”

“A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.”

“Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God.”

“Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.”

“Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense.”

“I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that it's not just for a select group of people.”