The best project is one that asks a novel question.

Error is far more common than fraud which probably comprises 1 percent or a tenth of a percent of the literature.

Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself.

We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you.

Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.