Exploratory research is really like working in a fog. You don't know where you're going. You're just groping. Then people learn about it afterwards and think how straightforward it was.

There is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it.

Unfortunately it makes the unambiguous determination of triplets by these methods much more difficult than would be the case if there were only one triplet for each amino acid.

A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.

It is essential to understand our brains in some detail if we are to assess correctly our place in this vast and complicated universe we see all around us.

Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the sound it made while being dropped down a flight of stairs.

It has yet to be shown by direct biochemical methods, as opposed to the indirect genetic evidence mentioned earlier, that the code is indeed a triplet code.

You can do reverse engineering, but you can’t do reverse hacking.

A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein by mutations of the type discussed here.

The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.

It now seems very likely that many of the 64 triplets, possibly most of them, may code one amino acid or another, and that in general several distinct triplets may code one amino acid.

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

A company can’t buy true emotional commitment from managers no matter how much it’s willing to spend

Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.

We have a society that's trying to make sure that nobody gets any adventures because adventures are dangerous and danger is bad.

The less you know about a field, the better your odds. Dumb boldness is the best way to approach a new challenge.

When you expand your ability to see, you understand that there are a lot of false choices being offered.

With enough time, you can get used to almost anything.

To have a childhood means to live a thousand lives before the one.

Repose and cheerfulness is the badge of the gentleman; repose in energy.

I think I may well be a Jew.