I have been much blessed.

DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.

Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.

I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.

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

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.

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.