Kary Mullis Quotes & Sayings

“You can't ask your pharmacist to stock larger quantities of potassium nitrate because you want to make a bigger rocket.”

“Science grows like a weed every year.”

“We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.”

“Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.”

“People don't realize that molecules themselves are somewhat hypothetical, and that their interactions are more so, and that the biological reactions are even more so.”

“Here's a bunch of people practising a new set of behavioural norms. Apparently it didn't work because a lot of them got sick. That's the conclusion. You don't necessarily know why it happened. But you start there.”

“We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.”

“If reincarnation is a useful biological idea it is certain that somewhere in the universe it will happen.”

“PCR made it easier to see that certain people are infected with HIV.”

“Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don't mind attacking my own fraternity because I am ashamed of it.”