I thought, we can’t keep destroying embryos for our research. There must be another way.

When I saw the embryo, I suddenly realized there was such a small difference between it and my daughters. I thought, we can't keep destroying embryos for our research. There must be another way.

I grew so depressed from the lack of support that I considered quitting. No one understood me.

I like the freedom of research. Plus, if I fail in science, I know I can always survive because I have an M.D. This has been my insurance policy.

There is no way now to get around some use of embryos. But my goal is to avoid using them.

I think that in the 21st century, medical biology will advance at a more rapid pace than before.

Chocolate is God's apology for brocolli

Maybe attraction was aligned in heaven before our birth because there was no other way to explain my feelings. There were millions of boys on the earth. Why did it feel so strong?

For it is discomfort's own essence to be near a man and to feel him in torture of misery, to feel with him the very pain of the misery, and yet to be unable to help.

Books have more useful things to say than fools.

If you don't respect me you're not gonna get that respect back.

It is not the place where we are, or the work that we do or cannot do that matters, it is something else. It is the fire within that burns and shines, whatever be our circumstances.

Don't forget to smile in any situation. As long as you are alive, there will be better things later, and there will be many.

The point is to stumble upon things in your life, and not plan them out.

Bringing all 45 members of my crazy family together, and watching them argue is super awesome. It's good to do it just once a year.

They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.