20 Quotes by David Baltimore

I don't think people took it seriously because it was such an obviously unattainable goal. I was surprised, and I know lots of other people were surprised, that he chose a time so near, when we see it as a very difficult problem.

He was a very personally attractive, excited, and thoughtful guy who cared about a wide range of science. When I first heard there was a question about his work, it came as a very great surprise to me.

There is an increasing belief that we need to understand the structure better,

Were we to go with 60 percent at NIH reviews, many of us scientists would be very uncomfortable with the quality.

you do have a certain responsibility to be a spokesman for the scientific community and to represent people.

The American Cancer Society has done the American public a really great disservice.

AIDS is the most potent and destructive scourge right now in terms of diseases,

This is not a decision that I have made easily, but I am convinced that the interests of the Institute will be best served by a presidential transition at this particular time in its history,

In the last few years these efforts have been remarkably successful. It has been possible to identify both genes and the proteins involved in cancer induction.