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Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong.
I will jump into the river to save two brothers or eight cousins.
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.
The Bible account of the creation of Eve is a preposterous fable.
I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything...
The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and works like a bookkeeper
Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.
Science is about nature. And God, if he exists, transcends nature.
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
Penicillin sat on a shelf for ten years while I was called a quack.
Ninety-nine percent of all species that ever lived are now extinct.
I did not claim that speciation occurs only in founder populations.
When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity.
A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
The unprepared mind cannot see the outstretched hand of opportunity.
When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.
Go as far as you can, [young scientists]. The world needs you badly.
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.
There is but one right, and the possibilities of wrong are infinite.
The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed.
The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.
The environmental crisis is a signal of this approaching catastrophe.
I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach.
The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and of the oppressed.
A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone.
23andme is very independent and committed to focusing on transparency.
I think being on a constraint with money makes you much more creative.
The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected.
I want us to save the creation-not just care about it, but to save it.
In science, obsessiveness under psychological control can be a virtue.
The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income.
The world shall perish not for lack of wonders, but for lack of wonder
Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.
I do believe at some point in time everyone will be genotyped at birth.
You don't necessarily want your physician to have all your information.
I'm not going to change; I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.
There are lots of other issues in policy including the stem cell issue.
I feel that one species, mankind, doesn't have the right to exterminate
The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.
The wellness and prevention market will outgrow the health care market.
The systems approach to biology will be the dominant theme in medicine.
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.
Not far from the invention of fire we must rank the invention of doubt.