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People are already self-selected by the time they've decided to become scientists.

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.

Those who have learned to walk on the threshold of the unknown worlds, by means of what are commonly termed par excellence the exact sciences, may then, with the fair white wings of imagination, hope to soar further into the unexplored amidst which we live.

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.

We have this very clean picture of science, you know, these well-established rules with which we make predictions. But when you're really doing science, when you're doing research, you're at the edge of what we know.

The best scientists that I've met are those that are humanists and scientists at the same time.

I believe that not everything we humans encounter in our lives can be neatly and convincingly tucked away inside the orderly cabinetry of science.

Science can promote an understanding between people at a really fundamental level.

Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world.