 All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals. |
| 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. |
| My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7. |
| 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. |
| By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks. |
| If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications. |
| We are all very individual. You have to find out what you can do best, and be self-conscious about that. |
| 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. |
| I'm chairing a UNESCO committee on how to improve global Internet communications for science; help third-world people get onto the Net so they can be part of the process. |
| Life's a hobby. Topics: Short |
| 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 hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people. |
| 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 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. |
| Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things. |
