I don't know if the optimists or the pessimists are right. But, the optimists are going to get something done.

We have learned nothing from the genome.

Most drugs work on only about a third of the population, they do no damage to another third, and the final third can have negative consequences.

Privacy with medical information is a fallacy. If everyone's information is out there, it's part of the collective.

I have the modest goals of replacing the whole petrochemical industry.

Moving forward in science is as much unwinding the distorted thinking of the past as it is putting a clearer idea on the table.

You can't just live in a comfortable little suburban neighborhood and get your education from movies and television and have any perspective on life.

Any virus that's been sequenced today - that genome can be made.

The environment has fallen to the wayside in politics.

The Vietnam War totally turned my life around. Some people's lives were eliminated or destroyed by the experience. I was one of the fortunate few who came out better off.

I am absolutely certain that life can exist in outer space, move around, find a new aqueous environment.

Anyone moderately familiar with the rigours of composition will not need to be told the story in detail

London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design.

Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.

To strive consciously for an object and to engage in engineering -- that is, incessantly and eternally to make new roads, wherever they may lead.

Don’t depend on luck to solve problems.

What I know how to do is nurture and help people discover the best opportunities.

The love and laughter are what you need most in your life. They'll fill out all the potholes in the road.

As long as my body holds out, I'll be grooving when I'm 70, and not some sort of horrible spectacle.

When I started shooting it just gives my partners more chances for rebounds. It opens up more room.

I've heard a lot about you, Rose. Don't worry. It was all good." "No, it wasn't.