Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.

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.

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

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.

I have this thing about friends and secrets. Sometimes when I meet a person I like, I tell them a secret they don't know me well enough to be told. It lets me judge their potential as a friend.

It's too bad we're not all teddy bears. More stuffing would only make us cuter and cuddlier.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.

I never in my wildest imagination dreamed that I would somehow become a sports commentator.

I'm not really a guy who wants to be a director, anyway.

What really makes it an invention is that someone decides not to change the solution to a known problem, but to change the question.

Charity is that sweet-smelling savor of Jesus Christ, which vanishes and is extinguished from the moment that it is exposed.

Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

I want to save my people. That is the purpose of my life

A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.