Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired.

To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years.

We usually don't have applications in mind. They come later.

By the time I entered college, I had decided not to have children, a decision that was never regretted. Accordingly, I was careful to court only girls who wanted to have professional careers.

I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

I often think it can often be very difficult for comedians to revisit the same gag. I think Russell's a bit more than a comedian.

The fullness of life is only accessible in the present moment.

I want to be a morning-talk-show host. I love Kelly Ripa's job. She gets to live in New York and has this amazing job hosting a talk show.

Chess is a curse upon a man.

I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.

But as Shakespeare’s Richard II boasts, ‘Not all the water in the rough rude sea/Can wash the balm off from an anointed king.

It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?

Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And you do that by love

It's something that will never be finished. Something that I can keep developing...and adding to.