"The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story?"

The worst thing in the world that can happen to you if you're an engineer that has given your life to something is for someone to rip it off and put their name on it.

The future of chemistry lies in developing sustainable methods that work with nature, not against it.

我开始相信，一位伟大的教师是一位伟大的艺术家，而且像其他伟大的艺术家一样稀少。教学甚至可能是最伟大的艺术，因为媒介是人的思想和精神。