The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.

Who would enjoy a life of no runs, no hits, no errors?

Leaders are leaders only as long as they have the respect and loyalty of their followers.

Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones.

My advice to any young person at the beginning of their career is to try to look for the mere outlines of big things with their fresh, untrained and unprejudiced mind.

Indeed, not all attacks-especially the bitter and ridiculing kind leveled at Darwin-are offered in good faith, but for practical purposes it is good policy to assume that they are.

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.