Don't underestimate the power of your vision to change the world. Whether that world is your office, your community, an industry or a global movement, you need to have a core belief that what you contribute can fundamentally change the paradigm or way of thinking about problems.

For scientific researchers, charitable donations are enormous engines of new opportunities.

Life is a process of evolution and anyone who thinks the current world order is OK does not get what evolution is all about.

Cloning interferon was not something I wanted to get into.

My fundamental philosophy is that you owe it to society to transfer to them any knowledge you have that might be useful.

Almost never does a single company have excellence in a multiplicity of disciplines.

If you just focus on the smallest details, you will never get the big picture right.