"A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering."

"Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs."

"The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes."

"Unfortunately things are different in climate science because the arguments have become heavily politicised. To say that the dogmas are wrong has become politically incorrect."

"When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like. I tried some stand-up comedy. I had a captive audience in that bus. Then I realized I wanted to do more than that."

"Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society."

"But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't."

"Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support."