I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home.

Scientific research is one of the most exciting and rewarding of occupations.

It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.

I and my colleagues here have been engaged in the pursuit of knowledge.

Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer.

In this atmosphere I soon became interested in nucleic acids.

Slavery of the soul is worst than the slavery of the flesh.....

The experience is no longer traumatic; the response of most women to the experience is relief.

In order to dream, you need to have a springboard which is the facts... It gives it that touch of reality, and I think that's quite important... truth with fiction.

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.

My party is going bat (EXPLETIVE DELETED) crazy.

I grew up watching Scooby Doo and Thelma was my favourite character.

The writing you allude to is a form of dissent, but it's also expressive of the need to evolve beyond what is turgid and stale in contemporary fiction.

I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.

It taught me, at an early age, that being wrong can be dangerous, but being right, when society regards the majority’s falsehood as truth, could be fatal.

The idea of engineering is an idea of mastery. And today the role that we are being asked to play is a role based on informed humanity.