I belonged to a small minority of boys who were lacking in physical strength and athletic prowess. ... We found our refuge in science. ... We learned that science is a revenge of victims against oppressors, that science is a territory of freedom and friendship in the midst of tyranny and hatred.

We simply don't know yet what's going to happen to the carbon in the atmosphere.

The world is just - it's wonderful when you look at all the detail. It's just amazing. Nothing is boring if you look at it carefully.

Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science.

Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any pessimism among them.

We should try to introduce our children to science today as a rebellion against poverty and ugliness and militarism and economic injustice.

I'm prejudiced about education altogether. I think it's terribly overrated. It wastes a tremendous amount of time - especially for women, it's particularly badly timed. If they're doing a Ph.D., they have a conflict between raising a family or finishing the degree, which is just at the worst time - between the ages of 25 to 30 or whatever it is. It ruins the five years of their lives.