It's not deadly to ask stupid questions. What's deadly is to not ask the right question at the right time.
speech graduation curiosity
Elias A. Zerhouni
MIT Commencement 2004, 2004
You cannot put a full life in a small dream box. What you need is to have a dream box that is as full as the potential you have today.
speech graduation ambition
Elias A. Zerhouni
MIT Commencement 2004, 2004
You are smarter when you're in the company of smarter people than you. Fifty percent of my friends have to be from walks of life that are not directly related to my walk of life, and at least fifty percent of my friends are smarter than I am.
speech graduation relationships
Elias A. Zerhouni
MIT Commencement 2004, 2004