Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.

I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.

What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.

If you give people tools, [and they use] their natural ability and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected.

Usually the wacky people have the breakthroughs. The 'smart' people don't.

I liked working with smart people.