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

For all my life, America was the place to be. And we somehow continue to be the place where there are real opportunities to change the world for the better.

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

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

The American public is being sold a very nasty bill of goods about cancer.

The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.

I recently went to my staircase at Clare College, Cambridge and there were women there! There have been a lot of convincing studies recently about the loss of productivity in the Western male. It may be that entertainment culture now is so engaging that it keeps people satisfied. We didn't have that. Science was much more fun than listening to the radio. When you are 16 or 17 and in that inherently semi-lonely period when you are deciding whether to be an intellectual, many now don't bother.