I am worried that algorithms are getting too prominent in the world. It started out that computer scientists were worried nobody was listening to us. Now I'm worried that too many people are listening.

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish.

Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it.

I think chemistry is just about two people being comfortable with one another.

It is fortunate that molecular synthesis also serves the utilitarian function of producing quantities of rare or novel substances which satisfy human needs, especially with regard to health, and the scientific function of stimulating research and education throughout the whole discipline of chemistry.

Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature.

The Geezer album, Black Science, had a lot of keyboards and it did not work.