A scientist who is also a human being cannot rest while knowledge which might be used to reduce suffering rests on the shelf.

Without animal research, polio would still be claiming thousands of lives each year.

Giving cancer to laboratory animals has not and will not help us to understand the disease or to treat those persons suffering from it.

The work on [polio] prevention was long delayed by... misleading experimental models of the disease in monkeys

Stop spoiling your God's given beauty with an ugly attitude. It is not in any form or shape attractive. Moreover, being respectful, kind, and humble have never led anyone to a negative life.

I think [the spotlight] is a lonely place to be. Everybodys wanting something from you, pulling at you.

You can't worry about what people say, but... People always harp on athletes being selfish individualists.

Write something every single day, even if it's just three lines. And it doesn't matter if it's any good - just write something every day.

I hate seeing people that look like you. Especially if God's living by the motto 'If at first you don't succeed.'

We have some bad hombres here, and we're going to get them out.

If you walk backwards, you will never stub your toe.

Sometimes people can be too intellegent for their own good. Too much thinking could confuse things.

As the means, so the end.

A poem is the realization of love. . . .