Life's too short to not be around nice people.

It was like stepping on to an escalator; I could do anything. I was just made for science.

The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected.

You would think that UV just causes mutations, but it doesn't, you need a gene to be active for it.

I eat some fruit every day, but not too much and almost no processed food. I stay away from sweets, except 80 per cent chocolate.

In principle, if you understood the mechanisms of keeping things repaired, you could keep things going indefinitely.

Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend lifespan.

I have always gotten a thrill, a kick, from learning new things.

Age is the single largest risk factor for an enormous number of diseases. So if you can essentially postpone aging, then you can have beneficial effects on a whole wide range of disease.

Maybe one day we will be able to take a pill that keeps us young and healthy much longer. I believe in my heart that this will happen.

You could have two completely different careers if you could stay healthy to 90. How fascinating that would be.

Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

All vampires smoke. Smoking’s high on the list of Things You Take Up To Pass The Time.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

Where has thou been all the dumb winter days When neither sunlight was nor smile of flowers, Neither life, nor love, nor frolic, Only expanse melancholic, With never a note of thy exhilarating lays?

I'm a politician, and as a politician I have the prerogative to lie whenever I want.

Your success & happiness lies in you.

[Winning the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]definitely opened some doors.

Uh-uh. We've played this game before. I hide. You never seek. I'm a bit slow on the uptake, but I'm beginning to sense a pattern.

I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release.