All Quotes

"We have to do something like this to get them interested in science. Sometimes they are not aware of the number of black scientists, and don't even know of the career opportunities until it is too late."

"I am a Christian with room to spare and feel that we all need to do our part in times of trouble, we are a reasonable drive from many of the affected areas. I have already reached out to friends of mine in the Raleigh-Durham area. I also have lots of friends in this area who would be willing to help."

"In my considered opinion the peer review system, in which the proposals rather than the proposers are reviewed, is the greatest disaster to be visited upon the scientific community in this century"

"As a young woman, to speak up and to use your voice and to have a backbone, it’s not always natural. But I think it’s really a powerful tool."

"Let's build something that truly works not just for the few but for everyone."

"AI is moving fast we need outcomes not just dialogue."

"If the next majority are left out the world misses out on what its young brilliant minds including Africa has to offer."

"If governance is shaped only by those who already holds power it isn't governance but infringement."

"I grew up in Nigeria and moved to the UK with my family when I was 11. I did my GCSEs and A Levels in Kent where I developed a real interest in the sciences. Moving into robotics seemed like the ideal way to combine physics, biology and maths in one subject, so I went on to study robotics at UWE here in Bristol."

"Having spent time researching robotics undergraduate courses up and down the country, I was impressed by a video of the work being done in the labs here in Bristol – especially what was being done here with legged robots. That was what I specialised in while studying the degree course."

"At the end of my first year, myself and another student created a program to take robotics into local schools. Robotics is the perfect combination of the STEM subjects – Science, Technology, English and Maths – which younger students might not think to combine. The program expanded to four schools in Bristol in four years."

"Coming up with an idea, presenting it to people and getting them to say “yeah we believe in this” was nothing but entrepreneurship."

"In the fundamentals of robotics, the more freedom of movement you have, the more expressions the character can have."

"To build a great brand, you have to explain why everything looks the way it does."

"Success is the fire and how big you can make it burn."

"At the end of the day the key to a good pitch is to put yourself in the shoes of the person you’re talking to at the fund."

"The story stays the same but how you tell it changes as you progress further and further up."

"But you should never do anything that puts your entire company at risk. You need to contain your risks."

"Know what you were born to do. Know your purpose. Know your destiny..."

"A focus on less complexity will drive the cost down for generative AI and make it more available for a broader global audience"

"At this time, most of my technology work involves consulting with others at a very high level. For example, the specifics of issues associated with cybersecurity, blockchain technology, and a little bit of AI."

"My background is in computer hardware. But over the years, I have transitioned from hardware design to software design. But someone who's an expert in both or understands both is a more valued person. I keep my tentacles, if you will, in both hardware and software."

"At the time, the only type of engineer I was aware of was one who drove a train. I was not interested in learning how to drive a train, but very much interested in getting away from home for the summer so that I did not have to wash dishes."

"One could argue whether or not it's a breakthrough, but DeepSeek has really rattled the gen AI environment."

"There's always been a parallel between more complex versus how we make things simple but still get the job done. I remember decades ago, from a computer architecture or design perspective, there was a focus on less complex instructions. This is called "reduce instruction set.""

"I think in the long run, this focus on less complexity will drive the cost down for generative AI and make it more available for a broader global audience because at this time, it takes a significant amount of money to build a really large gen AI project."

"È stato il più grande amore della mia vita. Siamo stati insieme per tre anni, da novembre dell’88. Io facevo la donna di casa: cucinavo, preparavo le torte, mi prendevo cura di lui. Massimo era molto dolce, e abitudinario."

"L’amore per lui è per tutta la vita, ho ancora il suo anello di fidanzamento, ma per il matrimonio serve la fiducia e io all'epoca non l'avevo."

"Ci lasciammo perché quando si sta insieme si sta in due e non in duecento."

"Avere grande padronanza dei muscoli addominali e della schiena. Per non scivolare in passerella, grattare le suole. Dentro le scarpe attaccare una striscia di scotch biadesivo, per tenerle più aderenti al piede."

"“Diventare modella non era un sogno ma un obiettivo. Per avere soldi e poter pensare ai sogni.”"

"“La Calabria è l’infanzia, le vacanze, la domenica dalla nonna, la semplicità. Non mi dimentico le mie origini. Sul set saluto anche l’assistente che pulisce la lente della macchina fotografica. Il Brasile è la mia parte eccentrica, la cura delle cose, la gratitudine... Non ho avuto una vita facile.”"

"“[Sull’incontro con Karl Lagerfeld] Mi ha detto: ‘Dove ti eri nascosta?’. E io gli ho fatto un inchino.”"

"“Quelle per gli animali, per le donne, contro la transfobia... Sento una responsabilità, voglio far passare i messaggi giusti. Se sbagli una virgola rovini una generazione intera con droghe e disturbi alimentari. Quando c’è bisogno io scendo in piazza.”"

"I sensed that this was a kind, caring woman who wanted to avoid hurting me. And then I discovered she was something called a nurse and I thought, nurse, I like the idea of that."

"That’s when I decided I wanted to be a nurse and I never changed my mind at all."

"During that time, I retained links with community nursing, but also with acute nursing by having a clinical link in an NHS Trust on a ward involved with the care of patients with sickle cell disease."

"Because it was an innovative position, seen as pioneering at the time, I could actually develop quite a lot of it in the way that fitted my ideals of multidisciplinary activity."

"I’ve always enjoyed working in a multidisciplinary context and very much in alignment with patients and their families."

"Up until a couple of decades ago probably, sickle cell was very marginalised and quite neglected in terms of its status, if you like, within the hierarchy of illnesses."

"That has changed. There’s still work to be done, of course, but I’m delighted that nurses have played their role along with other professionals and families to ensure that the disease is fully understood, and treatment is available across the country."

"I’m one of the patrons of The Sickle Cell Society, the national charity, so I am constantly aware that there are still areas that need to be improved, where there’s been, sadly, for example, a couple of deaths that shouldn’t have happened."

"“Not always can you say that everything is going well.”"

"“I am a little between the two, I am the more fragile one. Even she is somewhat so, but she manages to put on armor; I can’t do that.”"

"“I had some troubles which I treated; I went to a psychologist and more. I received help from my family … the request for help then arrived, I managed it, even if at first I had a little resistance.”"

"“I had lost the desire to make music, but when this proposal came, I thought the circle was not yet closed. And if it will be the last, I will try to do it at best.”"

"My moment where I connected with science was strangely through an acronym. From memory, the acronym, MRS NERG (Movement, Reproduction, Sensitivity, Nutrition, Excretion, Respiration, Growth), helped me learn what made something a living organism, and from there I didn’t look back!"

"transitioning from academia to the pharmaceutical industry was difficult. I didn’t have any industry experience before applying, and while I knew I had technical and transferrable skills to be an asset to many companies, it took a monumental amount of effort and interviews to convince anyone to give me a chance. Adjusting my CV so that it was more tailored towards industry rather than academia was crucial during this stage."

"There are so many great parts to the job, but one of the best parts is getting to learn about different diseases, and then be involved in developing antibodies that could one day become medicines to fight these diseases."

"If you’re on the fence about a career in the sciences, my biggest piece of advice is you won’t know unless you try. If there are opportunities to find out more about what STEM professionals do, go for it! It may help you decide if a career in STEM is right for you."