Science that leads over the horizon depends on gathering the best minds and enabling them to do what the best minds naturally seek to do: pursue the most thrilling questions of the time.

There are many people of color who are very talented.

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

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

Knowing "why" (an idea) is more important than learning "what" (the fact).

Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the outspoken religious minority that is hampering efforts to develop this potentially valuable technology.

No good model ever accounted for all the facts, since some data was bound to be misleading if not plain wrong.