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

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

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.

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.

In this atmosphere I soon became interested in nucleic acids.

I think talent is like a water table under the earth—you tap it with your effort and it comes through you.

The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

It's not like I force myself to think of sad things, but... it's more that I make music because it makes me happy.

A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality.

Our effort to build stability through authoritarians in the Middle East for 60 years had given us neither democracy nor stability.

Long Island for me, it's producing more chefs coming out of there than Paris.

A bevy of fair women.

A house without love ain't a home.

You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.

Prophet Mohammed would have no objection to The Satanic Verses.