DJ Paul Quotes

The secret of life does not lie in its chemical basis . . . Life succeeds precisely because it evades chemical imperatives.

Scientists have no agreed theory of the origin of life - plenty of scenarios, conjectures and just-so stories, but nothing with solid experimental support.

When I was a student, the laws of physics were regarded as completely off limits. The job of the scientist, we were told, is to discover the laws and apply them, not inquire into their provenance.

The universe contains vastly more order than Earth-life could ever demand. All those distant galaxies, irrelevant for our existence, seem as equally well ordered as our own.

Cancer is like another form of life. It's closely related to healthy life. A healthy body is one form of life. Cancer is in a way nature's experiment with life.

Even if we don't have a precise idea of exactly what took place at the beginning, we can at least see that the origin of the universe from nothing need not be unlawful or unnatural or unscientific.

Cancer is such a ruthless adversary because it behaves as if it has its own fiendishly cunning agenda.

In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its place in the grand story of life?

I always look on the black side of life. That way, you won't be disappointed and I'm cheerful if it doesn't work out. I'm a cheerful pessimist.

Studying cancer could provide huge insights for astrobiologists into the nature of life itself.

It's always good in science to say "Well how do you know that?" and "Are you really sure?" and "Could there be an exceptional case?"

Cancer touches every family in one way or another. As other diseases are brought under control, cancer is set to become the number one killer, and is already in epidemic proportions worldwide.

Although the elusive 'cure' may be a distant dream, understanding the true nature of cancer will enable it to be better controlled and less menacing.

The Eerie Silence: are we alone in the universe?

Ultimate questions will always lie beyond the scope of empirical science as it is.

Things changed with the discovery of neutron stars and black holes - objects with gravitational fields so intense that dramatic space and time-warping effects occur.

It's only fashion that has said the pendulum has swung from extreme skepticism about extraterrestrial life to extreme credulity. The truth is somewhere in between.

What we call ideology is precisely the confusion of linguistic with natural reality, of reference with phenomenalism

We need to be humble in the face of uncertainty

The clock indicates the moment-but what does eternity indicate?

In any decision situation, the amount of relevant information available is inversely proportional to the importance of the decision.

The great comfort of turning forty-nine is the realization that you are now too old to die young.

Accuracy, Rule of, Corollary: Provided, of course, that you know there is a problem.

All real programs contain errors until proved otherwise which is impossible.

Advice, First Law of: The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired.

Albrecht's Law: Social innovations tend to the level of minimum tolerable well being.

Don't bite the hand that has your allowance in it.

A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.

The difference between a hero and an also-ran is the guy who hangs on for one last gasp.

The best way to understand any system is to understand the problem it was invented to solve.

your 90MHz Pentium won't have any trouble doing arithmetic (except for certain divisions).

Boys, boys, boys. Boys buy the little spinny tops, they but the action figures, girls buy princesses, we're not selling princesses.

I admired Bohr very much. We had long talks together, long talks in which Bohr did practically all the talking.

I think it is the general rule that the originator of a new idea is not the most suitable person to develop it, because his fears of something going wrong are really too strong... At age 69.

Among nonclassical ions the ratio of conceptual difficulty to molecular weight reaches a maximum with the cyclopropylcarbinyl-cyclobutyl system.

All life depends on organic reactions. A favorite saying.

To be a liberal one doesn't have to be a wastrel.

It's a terrible thing that we cannot really trust the FDA or NCI (National Cancer Institute). We need, therefore, an independent scientific investigation.

Finally there was one open-minded surgeon in the great Pennsylvania General Hospital. He said, 'Let us give this young fellow a chance.' So they let him operate.

Our experience using computers reflects a trade-off that was made fifty years ago or more.

Travelers perceptions do not always reflect the reality of a situation, and ignorance is costing the industry billions.

Not using fossil fuels is tantamount to not using energy. It is economic suicide and eco-manslaughter.

I'm everybody's friend, unless they don't like me. And then, I just totally can't understand that. I actually can't. I get really hurt if someone doesn't like me. It's weird.

I'm self-opinionated and I have a sense of self.

I'm patient when it comes to my career, which is unlike me, but there are no stars in my eyes.

Many a necklace becomes a noose.

And what is the problem? It is the old problem of the anxious searcher - the mythic in the interior castle, the poet-pilgrim in a dark wood not sure how to proceed. Which way is the right way?

In such a state, humility is the virtue of men, and their only defense; to walk humbly with God, never doubting, whatever befall, that His will is good, and that His law is right.

As an artist, you do understand you're never going to please everybody.

Without vision you don't see, and without practicality the bills don't get paid.