A discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge. During my lifetime, I made two. Both were rejected offhand by the popes of the field. Had I predicted these discoveries in my applications, and had those authorities been my judges, it is evident what their decisions would have been.

Why does man behave like perfect idiot? This is the problem I wish to deal with.

The American Cancer Society tried to ruin my research foundation.

A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure.

Life is water, dancing to the tune of solids.

Whatever a man does he must do first in his mind.

I always tried to live up to Leo Szilard's commandment, "don't lie if you don't have to." I had to. I filled up pages with words and plans I knew I would not follow. When I go home from my laboratory in the late afternoon, I often do not know what I am going to do the next day. I expect to think that up during the night. How could I tell them what I would do a year hence?