Author: Joshua Lederberg

Quotes

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

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

- Joshua Lederberg

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

- Joshua Lederberg

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

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

- Joshua Lederberg

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

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

- Joshua Lederberg

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.

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

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

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

- Joshua Lederberg

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.

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.

- Joshua Lederberg

I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.

I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.

- Joshua Lederberg

Life's a hobby.

Life's a hobby.

- Joshua Lederberg

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