Joshua Lederberg Quotes

I really didn't like the academic structure of science, but I realized I loved science and missed science.

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'

Of course I have other interests, but on the other hand, science is a lifestyle in the sense that it's a combination of profession and hobby.

Studying physics, mathematics, and chemistry is worshipping God.

I think that the issues we have with science these days are not restricted to what's happening with respect to religion. There are a lot of very religious scientists around.

Science is a wonderful discipline, to which we are deeply indebted.

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.

Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.

I like to believe that science is becoming mainstream. It should have never been something that sort of geeky people do and no one else thinks about. Whether or not, it will always be what geeky people do. It should, as a minimum, be what everybody thinks about because science is all around us.

There is nothing inherently wrong about science.

I think that we scientists are seeking an understanding of the natural world. We come in various types - chemists and physicists and biologists and such - and we all have the same goal. We are making progress.

I have faith that science is a good thing. Seriously, I'd say that I am very much in awe of nature. In fact, I think to some extent, "awe" was a word that was almost invented for scientists.

Science is a fundamental part of our existence.

Science is an all-pervasive energy, for it is at once a mode of thought, a source of strong emotion, and a faith as fanatical as any in history.

Our science, so called, is always more barren and mixed with error than our sympathies.

Science is a little bit more than a wonderful way of modelling and predicting; it's a wonderful technical abstraction. I think science is a really wonderful technical abstraction.

From my earliest days, I was fascinated by science.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

I count myself fortunate to be able to participate in the life of science in this era.

Science has become something that everybody knows he has to pay attention to, but not everybody is a believer. So I don't think we should equate science with religion. But, that science is progressively playing a more and more important part in the life of every individual is obvious.

I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science.

Science was something that really caught my attention. It was something I really could sink my teeth into.

You can only go into science because you're interested in it.

I love science, and I believe in it. I have a faith that science can solve problems and make the world a better place.

Whenever I think of how much pleasure I have interviewing scientists, I remember that they're having the real fun in actually being able to do the science.