Jumping from failure to failure with undiminished enthusiasm is the big secret to success.
Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions.
Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists.
There are many ways in which genes influence the brain.
The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.
We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.
I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose.
The atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words.
You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.
You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language.
But all propositions of logic say the same thing. That is, nothing.
The sole remaining task for philosophy is the analysis of language.
The world is so different for a child, waking in the mornings, wide-eyed and ready to take it all in.
Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.
You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.
One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies.
I was educated at Bradfield College and Oxford, where I graduated in 1939.
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
The prize seemed to change my professional life very little.
Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.
