“Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things.”
“Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.”
“Criminal investigation has been loosely compared to many things, including the putting together of a jigsaw puzzle. It is seldom that simple. The pieces of such a puzzle are of a fixed shape, immutable. Men and women change shape when touched.”
“Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple”
“Now, why should the universe be constructed in such a way that atoms acquire the ability to be curious about themselves? That, surely, is one of the great unexplained puzzles of science.”
“If initiative is the ability to do the right thing, then efficiency is the ability to do the thing right.”