Joshua Lederberg Quotations

The central moral issue of science is that we do not have a science of peace and hardly know where to begin in building one.

So many of the things I've predicted were technologies that were just sitting right in front of us.

I don't believe anybody can really grasp everything that's even in one textbook.

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 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.