I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.

Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.

Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.

There are three great themes in science in the twentieth century : the atom, the computer, and the gene.

I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D.

My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.

In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise.