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“My mom's a psychologist, and I think that has influenced me on a personal level. Plus, I'm just generally interested in visualization and humanity, social activity and technology, and what happens in aggregate.”
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“Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?”
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“I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?”
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“Cars have a large engine in the front and you have a gearbox, which is cumbersome. Electric cars don't have this problem. The motor is much smaller, the battery is below you. This will allow you to play with different shapes.”
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“In a wristwatch, imagine the battery is in the strap and there's a medical sensor in there connected to the internet. If someone is monitoring that, they could phone up if the user has forgotten to take some medication. This could save hundreds of dollars in medical fees later. What's missing? It's a stable battery.”
Source : "The beauty of bendable batteries" by Alok Jha, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2005. 
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“Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.”
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“If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.”
Source : "A fence built for peace" by Abba Eban, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2004.
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“For the curse of Cain, the curse of being an outcast and a wanderer over the face of the earth has been removed...”
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“Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.”
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“I'm just a down-to-earth guy.”
