Paul D. Boyer Quotes & Sayings

“Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures.”

“An unexpected benefit of my career in biochemistry has been travel.”

“More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.”

“The excitement of vitamins, nutrition and metabolism permeated the environment.”

“If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer.”

“In marked contrast to the University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry was hardly visible at Stanford in 1945, consisting of only two professors in the chemistry department.”

“The war project at Stanford was essentially completed, and I accepted an offer of an Assistant Professorship at the University of Minnesota, which had a good biochemistry department.”

“The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds.”

“Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.”

“The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and tuition was minimal.”