Do things as soon as you can. If a decision needs to be made, make it. It gives you more time to change your mind.

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles.

A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.

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.

Ever since we achieved a breakthrough in the area of recombinant DNA in 1973, left-wing nuts and environmental kooks have been screaming that we will create some kind of Frankenstein bug or Andromeda Strain that will destroy us all.

The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.