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Joshua Lederberg Quotes

Try hard to find out what you’re good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that Picture Quote #1

I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I’d be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that Picture Quote #1

I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract with some of my teachers that if I didn’t ask too many questions, I could work in the back of the room Picture Quote #1

A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You’ve been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke Picture Quote #1

Life’s a hobby Picture Quote #1

My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7 Picture Quote #1

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If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications Picture Quote #1

Everybody has to learn for the first time Picture Quote #1

By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks Picture Quote #1

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science Picture Quote #1

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals Picture Quote #1

I was a bad practicing physician because I was never sure of the diagnosis or of the treatment Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things Picture Quote #1

I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling Picture Quote #1

If you wanted to dissect the structure of living cells, genetic analysis was an extremely powerful method, so my interest turned to that Picture Quote #1

If you want to solve very complex problems, you will have to end up letting machines work out a lot of the details for themselves, and in ways that we don’t understand what they are doing Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I’m not easily inhibited by the fact that I don’t know something about a subject. It doesn’t stop me from dabbling in it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The central moral issue of science is that we do not have a science of peace and hardly know where to begin in building one Picture Quote #1

The single biggest threat to man’s continued dominance on the planet is the virus Picture Quote #1

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When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells Picture Quote #1

Try hard to find out what you’re good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that Picture Quote #1

To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing Picture Quote #1

So many of the things I’ve predicted were technologies that were just sitting right in front of us Picture Quote #1

I started on the use of the Internet for scientific communication. Our research group was one of the very first to make really systematic use of it as a way of managing research projects Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Try hard to find out what you’re good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that. (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I’d be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that. (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract with some of my teachers that if I didn’t ask too many questions, I could work in the back of the room (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You’ve been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) Life’s a hobby (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7 (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) Everybody has to learn for the first time (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) I was a bad practicing physician because I was never sure of the diagnosis or of the treatment (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) 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 (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) 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 (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) If you wanted to dissect the structure of living cells, genetic analysis was an extremely powerful method, so my interest turned to that (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) If you want to solve very complex problems, you will have to end up letting machines work out a lot of the details for themselves, and in ways that we don’t understand what they are doing (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) 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 (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) I’m not easily inhibited by the fact that I don’t know something about a subject. It doesn’t stop me from dabbling in it (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) 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 (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) 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 (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) The central moral issue of science is that we do not have a science of peace and hardly know where to begin in building one (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) The single biggest threat to man’s continued dominance on the planet is the virus (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) Try hard to find out what you’re good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) So many of the things I’ve predicted were technologies that were just sitting right in front of us (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) I started on the use of the Internet for scientific communication. Our research group was one of the very first to make really systematic use of it as a way of managing research projects (Joshua Lederberg Quotes) 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 (Joshua Lederberg Quotes)

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