[Decoding the human genome sequence] is the most significant undertaking that we have mounted so far in an organized way in all of science. I believe that reading our blueprints, cataloguing our own instruction book, will be judged by history as more significant than even splitting the atom or going to the moon.

I took biology in high school and didn't like it at all. It was focused on memorization. ... I didn't appreciate that biology also had principles and logic ... [rather than dealing with a] messy thing called life. It just wasn't organized, and I wanted to stick with the nice pristine sciences of chemistry and physics, where everything made sense. I wish I had learned sooner that biology could be fun as well.

We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable.

One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron.

As you kind of get over the anxiety about [science and evolution], it actually adds to your sense of awe about this amazing universe that we live in, it doesn't subtract from it at all.

I'm a serious Christian. I take my faith seriously. I try to practice it every day of the week, not just on Sunday.

Faith is not the opposite of reason. Faith rests squarely upon reason, but with the added component of revelation.