Life is water, dancing to the tune of solids.

Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and the cellular fabric would collapse.

Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns.

Nature is one. It is not divided into physics, chemistry, quantum mechanics.

This oxidation of hydrogen in stages seems to be one of the basic principles of biological oxidation.

If any student comes to me and says he wants to be useful to mankind and go into research to alleviate human suffering, I advise him to go into charity instead. Research wants real egotists who seek their own pleasure and satisfaction, but find it in solving the puzzles of nature.

Research is four things: brains with which to think, eyes with which to see, machines with which to measure and, fourth, money.