It takes courage to push things forward.

You're never terrified when you say what you mean - are you?

Rest assured, the government is ready to support and enhance the competitiveness of the biotechnology industry.

To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left.

No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.

Why am I always looking at life through a window?

This is the dialectic - there is a very short distance between high art and trash, and trash that contains an element of craziness is by this very quality nearer to art.

God's peace is joy resting. His joy is peace dancing.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about. If it is good to say or do something, then it is even better to be criticized for having said or done it.

Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces, and a sight of the distant country.

It does not help that some politicians and journalists assume the public is interested only in those aspects of science that promise immediate practical applications to technology or medicine.

I don't like to think that I am a slave to technique, or so inept that I have to restrict myself to one method.