When I see myself at 14 years old I can put my hands on my head and think: 'How could I have done that?' but at that time it had sense for me. You do the same when you're 20. And now, when you look at people who are 20 years old you ask yourself: 'Was I like that? Was I really like that?'
“Fourth Law of Thermodynamics: If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.”
“I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic research.”