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Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.

Science is the best idea humans have ever had. The more people who embrace that idea, the better.

At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly.

Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.

It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human.

I saw science as being in harmony with humanity.

There is an ever-widening gap between what science allows and what we should actually do. There are many doors science can open that should be kept closed, on prudential or ethical grounds.

The problem with allowing God a role in the history of life is not that science would cease, but rather that scientists would have to acknowledge the existence of something important which is outside the boundaries of natural science.

The general public has long been divided into two parts those who think science can do anything, and those who are afraid it will.

Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.