All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.

The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus.

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.

Try hard to find out what you're good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that.

If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk.

If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far.

I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.

When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells.

A moment comes, and if you wish to look at yourself as human, you must take some kind of action. Otherwise, you can read the newspapers and congratulate yourself on your good fortune.

People ask me a lot like, "Hey, so when are you done with your tour?" Like when I die. That's when I'm done with my tour.

As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak.

I get to pretend I'm flying into space, and hang out with my friends. That's what I do for a living.

Take any problem in life and it will fall under one of three categories... money, health or relationships.

Cisco has not and does not design products for the purpose of political censorship.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Johnny Depp is, to me, a rare kindred spirit with like sensibilities, who has escaped the beast. He's probably one of the few people that have survived Los Angeles as a human being.

Fashion is merely a saying: I belong to your world. I'm wearing the same uniform as your army, so don't shoot.

Our CO2 mixes with everyone else's within a year, then hangs around for centuries like a shroud.