I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
Worse than any severe mental illness, is the illness of bigotry.
I don’t believe in taking right decisions. Take decisions and make them right.
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
The best brains of the Nation may be found on the last benches of the Classroom
Natural science does not simply describe and explain nature: it is part of the interplay between us and nature.
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.