My goal for technology has always been to reach a point where the technological mediation becomes invisible. – Richard Powers
I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects. – Richard Powers
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery. – Richard Powers
Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. – Richard Powers
It is really rare to find someone you really, really love and that you want to spend your life with and all that stuff that goes along with being married. I am one of those lucky people. And I think she feels that way too. So the romantic stuff is easy because you want them to be happy. – Harry Connick, Jr.