List of Joshua Lederberg Quotes

I Wish I Had A Talent For Dropping Things As Well As Taking On New Ones. It Gets To Be Quite A Clutter After A While.

I Think We Have To Believe We Are Here For Some Purpose, And I Know There Are Many Cynics Who Will Deny It, But They Don't Live As If They Deny It.

By The Time I Was 12 Or 13, I Was Studying Biochemistry Textbooks.

A Swedish Newspaper Reporter Called And Said, You've Been Awarded The Prize. I Was Quite Sure It Was A Practical Joke.

So Many Of The Things I've Predicted Were Technologies That Were Just Sitting Right In Front Of Us.

My Ambitions Were Already Very Clearly Fixed By The Time I Was 6 Or 7.

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.

I Certainly Saw Science As A Kind Of Calling, And One With As Much Legitimacy As A Religious Calling.

Being Successful At A Very Young Age Gave Me The Confidence And The Capability To Try Out Other Things.

I Hope I've Lived A Life Of Science Whose Style Will Encourage Younger People.

I Have Many Shortcomings. I Feel Very Lucky To Have Been Able To Have What I've Had.

As Soon As You Go Into Any Biological Process In Any Real Detail, You Discover It's Open-ended In Terms Of What Needs To Be Found Out About It.