I think something very simple that everybody can do is they can participate in medical research as subjects. Personal genome project, for example, will take on as many subjects as we can find.

I have faith that science is a good thing. Seriously, I'd say that I am very much in awe of nature. In fact, I think to some extent, "awe" was a word that was almost invented for scientists.

The recreation of Neanderthals would be mainly a question of societal risk avoidance.

I like to keep the median age in my lab low because they will indulge me in my dreams. They don't yet think things are impossible.

I always loved computers - it's something inside you.

We might want to figure out what are the positive effects of autism - mild cases.

The World Wide Web went from zero to millions of web pages in a few years. Many revolutions look irrelevant just before they change everything swiftly.

Anytime you see somebody keeping a secret, that's symptomatic that something's wrong with the society around them. That means there's discrimination or worse.

Life is too important to take seriously.

i knew his heart was yours but i wanted to become an alchemist to make gold of the pieces i receivedbecause all i ever felt was the dark side of his leaded heart.

We got on his label, and the Bizarre organization is just going up and up. So we have faith.

life perpetuated in parti-colored loves and beautiful lies all in different languages.

I was extremely excited personally about the Obama-Biden victory.

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important.

The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better." -- The Alchemist

My definition of success is doing what you love. I feel many people do things because they feel they have to, and are hesitant to risk following their passion.

People’s stories are the most personal thing they have, and paying attention to those stories is just about the most important thing you can do for them.