I wish I had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. It gets to be quite a clutter after a while.

I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.

So many of the things I've predicted were technologies that were just sitting right in front of us.

Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

I was a bad practicing physician because I was never sure of the diagnosis or of the treatment.

I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.