I should thank Mussolini for having declared me to be of an inferior race. This led me to the joy of working, not any more unfortunately, in university institutes but in a bedroom.

My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely.

If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same — it is the message you leave behind you that counts.

I tell young people: Do not think of yourself, think of others. Think of the future that awaits you, think about what you can do and do not fear anything.

It's not enough what I did in the past - there is also the future.

As for the presence of large NGF [nerve growth factor] sources in snake venom and male genital organs, they may be conceived as instances of bizarre evolutionary gene expression.

At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience - than when I was 20.