51 Quotes by Joshua Lederberg

I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I'd be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that.

I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.

A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke.

By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.

Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

Everybody has to learn for the first time.

I was a bad practicing physician because I was never sure of the diagnosis or of the treatment.

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.

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