Science is what scientists do, not what nonscientists think they do or ought to be doing. Wetenschap is wat wetenschappers doen..

[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the life of a household by carefu….

I have a background in theater, so I have experience with actors. I like actors - I used to be one..

Emotionally I'm about 13..

Physics is the science of all the tremendously powerful invisibilities - of magnetism, electricity, gravity, light, sound, cosmic rays. Physics is th….

Perhaps bacteria may tentatively be regarded as biochemical experiments; owing to their relatively small size and rapid growth, variations must arise….

As George Costanza would say, when they're applauding, stop..

I'd rather be a comma than a full stop..

Do that which will make you happiest both now and in the future..

We are too prone to make technological instruments the scapegoats for the sins of those who wield them. The products of modern science are not in the….

After love, no one is what they were before..

Do not expect good from another's death..

The companies that can afford to do basic research (and can't afford not to) are ones that dominate their markets. ... It's cheap insurance, since fa….

Some days I don't feel confident wearing, like a crop-top. So, when you're getting dressed for the day, gravitate towards items that you feel comfort….

Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved? -Lena Kaligaris.

The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but t….

Earth's sweat, the sea..

If we are to become the masters of science, not its slaves, we must learn to use its immense power to good purpose. The machine itself has neither mi….

Civilization no longer needs to open up wilderness; it needs wilderness to help open up the still largely unexplored human mind..

But if we play it safe, the problem is that we may be losing out, and I believe we are..

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster..