I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D.

Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer.

My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.

Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.

All basic scientists who look to the NCI for funding should know that I will tolerate no retreat on the study of model systems and the pursuit of fundamental biological principles.

Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.

I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.

There are three great themes in science in the twentieth century : the atom, the computer, and the gene.

In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise.

Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.

I saw my friends in medical school seeming to be more engaged with the real world. That provoked a sort of jealousy, and I decided to go to medical school after all.

Begin to acquire knowledge.

We are the Masters of each moment.

Lips may lie, but the heart always tells the truth.

Remember: Jobs are owned by the company; you own your #‎ career !

An important book for our times, in which one woman's determination and refusal to consent sets an example of courage and honesty.

If you fail to take advantage of your enemies' collapse, they may recover.

Lend, by your imperfections, self-esteem to others, and you will be invited everywhere.

I have seen her [Hillary Clinton] in several other situations where she didn't look healthy.

It's surprising how a minor slump in sales can have a huge impact, and can actually cut so significantly into margin that the company really feels it.

So true it is, that nature has caprices which art cannot imitate.