Science doesn't in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself.

Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you.

Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.

We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.

Three billion bases of DNA sequence can be put on a single compact disc and one will be able to pull a CD out of one's pocket and say, 'Here is a human being; it's me!'

The community as a whole doesn't listen patiently to critics who adopt alternative viewpoints. Although the great lesson of history is that knowledge develops through the conflict of viewpoints.

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.

The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance.

Circumstances are the seeds of literature.

People can choose between the sweet lie or the bitter truth. I say the bitter truth, but many people don't want to hear it.

We chase gravity of the micro world, but after leaving its world we try to perfect the laws here that do not exist there.

If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.

The joys of fishing are not confined to the hours near the water.

Don't ever wish you were someone else, you were meant to be the way you are exactly.

Money is the anthem, of succes, so put on your mascara and your party dress

If I had known being insane was so much fun, I'd have gone crazy long ago.

Humbly to ask a favour of people who are on the point of knocking your brains out sometimes produces good results.

I like 'Elle' magazine. I love things online, like when all the big brands have a fashion show, I like to see the new collections.