One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.

I never dreamed that in my lifetime my own genome would be sequenced.

Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.

Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you're not going to hire them.

People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.

Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had grounds for thinking that the powers held traditionally to be the exclusive property of the gods might one day be ours. 5

If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one.