Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Zewail

Molecules A and B meet, marry, and beget the species. This takes place in one-millionth of a billionth of a second. This is a fundamental process in nature, and the world was looking for a way to be able to see the process. But many brilliant people said it couldn't be done.

Ainsley Harriott
Ainsley Harriott

It's a brilliant place to be. It's rewarding. Gardens are so rewarding.

Aisha Tyler
Aisha Tyler

Comedy's really about not being afraid to look terrible, look ugly, look silly, make fun of yourself. And that's something that women are just not socialized to do. But more women are doing it, and more women have examples of women doing it brilliantly.

Ajay Mehta
Ajay Mehta

My father was a very special human being. He was brilliant in academics, sports and the arts. He wrote, performed and directed plays in English and Hindi/Urdu at his regiment.

Ajay Mehta
Ajay Mehta

Mayo College, where I got my grounding, is a private boarding school. It is a traditional school with brilliant teachers including some from overseas.

Alan Furst
Alan Furst

Le Carre's voice - patrician, cold, brilliant and amused - was perfect for the wilderness-of-mirrors undertow of the Cold War, and George Smiley is the all-time harassed bureaucrat of spy fiction.

Alan Furst
Alan Furst

Anthony Powell taught me to write; he has such brilliant control of the mechanics of the novel.

Alan Gerry
Alan Gerry

When you have a brilliant idea, nobody is going to ask to see your diploma.

Alan Guth
Alan Guth

I had considered MIT a place where brilliant people came.

Alan Hansen
Alan Hansen

The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.