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.

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.

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.

When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells.

The only thing scarier than death is the disappearance from youth.

So, how does he kiss?"I'm blushing. I tap my fingers on my lips before I say, "He kisses like ... like it could be his job.

I come from a place of sincerity. I write about what I see and feel. I write about what I want, I don't have a political agenda. Politics may enter into a song but it always comes from the heart.

A new poll out taken by a Republican group that shows most Democrats prefer socialism to capitalism. Those terms don't mean what they did maybe 40, 50 years ago.

There is no caste in blood.

Oftentimes the most produced and synth-tastic songs are the ones that end up sounding the best acoustic.

A sloppy performance in a photograph is as distressing as a sloppy performance in music.

Erdogan wants an old-fashioned Islam, if you will, for lack of a better term.

There comes a point when things are undeniable and can't be hidden any longer. Even from yourself.

life is like a jigsaw puzzle, you have to see the whole picture, then put it together piece by piece!