Joshua Lederberg Quotes & Sayings

“All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.”

“Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.”

“I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I'd be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that.”

“I wish I had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. It gets to be quite a clutter after a while.”

“I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract with some of my teachers that if I didn't ask too many questions, I could work in the back of the room.”

“I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.”

“I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.”

“I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it.”

“I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.”

“I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.”