My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World.

The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still.

At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends.

First of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes.

My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months.

And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance.

People are not the only interesting organism on earth. From the point of view of scientific or commercial value, there are lots of interesting organisms.

As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way.

Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.

Hope of God is fulfilled when the kingdom of God extends to all the earth

A good artist does not just make imaginations beautiful to the mind, but also more pleasant to the eye with a superb visible touch of excellence.

regret is mostly caused by not havingdone anything.

I have the perfect simplified tax form for government. Why don't they just print our money with a return address on it?

The next step after cheap is free, and after free is disposable.

Mistakes are normal and human. Make them small, accept them, correct them, and forget them.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

But if we expect justice for ourselves, we must support it for others.

Maybe there is no one perfect person and anyone you end up with will eventually make you think there’s someone better out there.