"I do entertain a lot of negative thoughts and I haven't got any self-belief. But I haven't done bad for someone without any self-belief."

“I think chemistry is being frittered away by the hairsplitting of the organic chemists; we have new compounds discovered, which scarcely differ from the known ones and when discovered are valueless-very illustrations perhaps of their refinements in analysis, but very little aiding the progress of true science.”

“With each step I take, I see that my ability to perform gets a little better. So until it starts getting worse, I'm going to keep moving forward.”

“Frank [Zappa] always wanted to do a sound library - he sampled so many great musicians. For piano, for example, he sampled every octave, not just one (that you could just transpose electronically), and he did all different types of attack, with and without pedals, all that kind of stuff.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“It's important to remember that innovators in business don't always get a platform.”

“I'll just say this. There was no way we were going to lose at home on this day in this in this city for all those people.”

“I started as a news photographer at the University Of Texas' Daily Texan.”

“I'm very antischedule. Except for board meetings, I don't really schedule things or keep a calendar. I think appointments are caustic to creativity.”

Source : "David Karp, the Nonconformist Who Built Tumblr". Interview with Liz Welch, www.inc.com. June 2011.

“I regret what I did but it was in my personal time and I therefore hope that it does not reflect on the show”