“I told everyone who was ready to listen that I had material with penta...” — Dan Shechtman Quote

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

“Sustainable development requires human ingenuity. People are the most important resource.”

“Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests.”

“I remember, one teacher in Year 11 asked the class what everyone wanted to do when they grow up, and I said, 'I want to be a professional wrestler.' The teacher laughed and said to be serious.”

“'Mary Poppins,' the movie, was an object of mockery if you were a student in the '60s, something to be laughed at.”

“Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.”