51 Quotes by Joshua Lederberg

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.

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.

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

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

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.

Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.

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.

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.