Joshua Lederberg Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Life's a hobby.”

“I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.”

“I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.”

“If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far.”

“I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.”

“If you wanted to dissect the structure of living cells, genetic analysis was an extremely powerful method, so my interest turned to that.”

“Try hard to find out what you're good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that.”

“To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.”

“We are all very individual. You have to find out what you can do best, and be self-conscious about that.”

“If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk.”