For me to sit down here, even as a Nobel Laureate and make a prediction about which science I think that will be a mistake.

Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt but we need the science base.

Think about the whole world of biological complex sciences. We still don't understand the way a protein folds the way it does.

There is a danger one has to really be knowing much more because you can't be too narrow on science.

Syria is the proud heir of an ancient civilization that has a unique spectrum of minorities that encompasses Muslims and Christians of various denominations. There are at least ten such ethnic and religious groups.

When they called me with the Nobel call from Secretary General of the Swedish Academy it was twenty minutes to six and he said well that was well hope I'm not disturbing you but I am the Secretary General of the Swedish Academy. Of course you can imagine I was frozen in time when he said that but then he made a very famous statement, something to the effect that this is the last 20 minutes of peace of your life.

For me to sit down here, even as a Nobel Laureate and make a prediction about which science I think that will be a mistake.