I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it.

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.

To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.

The central moral issue of science is that we do not have a science of peace and hardly know where to begin in building one.

I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.

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.

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.