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There is actually a fair amount of money being put behind science today.

If I could snap my fingers and do one thing in science, I would get more funding for basic science. But the level of funding that needs to be done is not on the order of millions, like the cost of the Breakthrough Prizes. It's billions to tens of billions.

Federal funding for biomedical sciences plays a critical role in training the next generation of scientists.

The sciences are being held back by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas, maintained by powerful taboos. I believe that the sciences will be regenerated when they are set free.

I don't really know what the future of science is. Maybe we have come to the end of science; maybe science is a finite field. The inventions resulting from this finite field, however, are boundless.

Innovations in science and technology are the engines of the 21st-century economy; if you care about the wealth and health of your nation tomorrow, then you'd better rethink how you allocate taxes to fund science. The federal budget needs to recognize this.

There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.

Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature.

The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself.

The spending in science and technology need to be to increased.