I was also interested in formulating the path of chemical reactions.

The frontier orbital approach was further developed in various directions by my own group and many other scientists, both theoretical and experimental.

This success led my theoretical group to the chemical reactivity theory, extending more and more widely the range of compound and reactions that were discussed.

We pray that every field of science may contribute in bringing happiness - not disaster - to human beings.

I was also interested in formulating the path of chemical reactions.

In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind.

But the nature of my main work in chemistry can be better represented by more than 280 English publications, of which roughly 200 concern the theory of chemical reactions and related subjects.

We think that it is the best scientists working in the frontier fields of science who are best able to judge what is good and what is bad - if any - in the application of their scientific research.

Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten the unity of mankind - chemistry is in a position to make a contribution towards securing a true peace on earth.

This simple idea served to provide information on the geometrical shape of reacting molecules, and I was able to make the role of the frontier orbitals in chemical reactions more distinct through visualization, by drawing their diagrams.

You could have ten scientists in this room. You could ask them all: 'Who's religious?' About three to four will put their hands up.

My tastes went all over the place, from Strauss to Mahler. I was never a big Wagner or Tchaikovsky fan. Benjamin Britten, Tallis, all the early English Medieval music, Prokofiev, some Russian composers, mostly the people that were the colorists, the French.

I'm living the best life that I could ever be living.

I had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to write about.

The greatest thing a father can do for his daughter is to love her mother.

Americans are grateful for the connection and convenience their phones provide, helping them search for a lower price, navigate a strange city, expand a customer base or track their health and finances, their family and friends.

A conventional truth can be important - it's essential to learn elementary mathematics, for example - but it won't give you an edge. It's not a secret.

Grateful people may recover faster from trauma.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.

Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.

Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.

I don't think you should be allowed to eat in a restaurant if you haven't waited tables at least once. It's so irritating when I see people being rude to waiters, like, it makes me want to slit their throats! Like, really? You're really this inconsiderate?

My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I see people reading it. You know, there are some people who, bizarrely, like it. Which I'm, you know, I'm happy for.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

I don't get jazz. It always sounds like a bunch of toddlers let loose in a music room.

Rhythm and blues started even before phonograph records were being produced because black people entertained themselves. It wasn't done for money. It was done for entertainment. Most white people didn't know anything about this because prejudice kept them from ever seeing what was going on.

If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the career politicians in both parties who get in bed with the lobbyists and special interests, then I ain't your guy.

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

I want to bring back the human encounter into places where material things have a prime status. In a museum, you're supposed to look at things and not talk to other people.

The epithets of imbeciles have never bothered me.

If you look at art history, at Goya or Gainsborough, it's always about acknowledging the people of your time who have influence.

I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium.

I got to see the American Dream unfold in my living room.