At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends.

The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still.

First of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes.

My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months.

And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance.

People are not the only interesting organism on earth. From the point of view of scientific or commercial value, there are lots of interesting organisms.

My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World.

As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way.

NOTHING goes exactly as planned.Make your OWN destiny

For Thousands To Come To Christ, We Must Employ Kingdom Principles

She thought she loved him. She was crazy.

Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.

No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it.

apparel, n.: There are times I don’t mind doing the laundry, because folding your clothes reminds me of the shape of you.

What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.

There's an independence to surfing, it's just you and the ocean. There aren't a bunch of rules.

How do you decisions change if retirement is not an option?

We never let our people just go. (Joe) What are you? Wolfram and Hart? (Steele) Oh, no, sweetie, they just take your soul for service. We intend to take even more than that. (Tee)