To be human is to be in constant negotiation with chaos.
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
I’ve had people look down on me and put me down because I didn’t look like them—but that didn’t stop me.
Every chemical process we develop must pass three tests: Is it safe? Is it sustainable? Is it scalable?
A sense of duty is just love of one's duty.