One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.

Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.

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

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

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.

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.