Author: Joshua Lederberg

Quotes

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

I got my Nobel Prize for my lab work.

- Joshua Lederberg

My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7.

My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7.

- 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

If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk.

If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk.

- 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

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

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

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

Everybody has to learn for the first time.

Everybody has to learn for the first time.

- Joshua Lederberg

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