Joshua Lederberg Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I don't believe anybody can really grasp everything that's even in one textbook.”

“My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7.”

“I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.”

“I was making a lot of momentous personal decisions. I was still very very young: when the prize was awarded, I was 33; the work I had done when I was 21.”

“When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells.”