Biology will tell you a lot of things, but there are many that it can not explain and you need to look at physics instead.

Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

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

Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

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

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

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 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.

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.

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

Ah, but when one predator leaves, another inevitably will take its place. A void never remains a void for long.

All beginnings are hard.

Let's Do It; Let's Fall in Love.

Once kids get older, the list is longer. So here goes: Stay out of debt. Sometimes debt is necessary, to buy a home or to get an education, but not to buy a sweater or to eat out.

The difference between style and fashion is quality.

i walk slowly, like one who comes from so far away he doesn't expect to arrive

Life, deal gently with her ... Love, never desert her

In creativity, brightest minds have no place You have to think from the heart

What is behind you is forgotten. You can't remember danger and difficulty when it is behind you

Acting as if you were what you want to become and know you can become is the way to remove self-doubt and enter your real-magic kingdom.