In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know only something like a tenth of 1 percent of the sequence at the moment.

The community as a whole doesn't listen patiently to critics who adopt alternative viewpoints. Although the great lesson of history is that knowledge develops through the conflict of viewpoints.

Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge.

The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance.

Three billion bases of DNA sequence can be put on a single compact disc and one will be able to pull a CD out of one's pocket and say, 'Here is a human being; it's me!'

The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.

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