One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it.

Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.

It is not necessarily true that expensive experiments are not worthwhile doing but there are plenty of rather cheap experiments which are certainly worth doing.

I am a caricature of what British science is about in the way I work.

I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.

Now Stan and I were still working in secret at that time but, because of this development, we had to inform the University of Utah because we thought that they might need to take patent protection.

I think you know that I classify science as British science, American science, and everybody else.

American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been.

You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really.

The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanics by Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding.

I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely.

Fear of failure is expressed in negative goal-setting, indecisiveness, and fear of adverse consequences

Invest in books that will help you become the person you were born to be and do what you should do.

Nothing so removes a man from his inner, mysterious, real life, nothing makes him so deaf and dumb as the picture of these petty passions and petty crimes which calls itself the world of politics.

The good news is that as fragile as fearlessness may be, it is also a personal quality that we can foster in ourselves.

The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800 and 1850, in the attempts which were made to establish means of communication and transportation, was enormous.

The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results.

Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

Let's protect our social security and Medicare.

The middle class is both real and aspirational. And I want to make sure that it remains strong and it gives people a sense of security and confidence and optimism about their futures.

She had destroyed whatever was between us by making a profound gaffe: She met me.