I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.

Quote by George Wald

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I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.

I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.

To know reality is to accept it, and eventually to love it.

To know reality is to accept it, and eventually to love it.

The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.

The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.

Our business is with life, not death.

Our business is with life, not death.

I tell my students to try to know molecules, so well that when they have...

I tell my students to try to know molecules, so well that when they have...

Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.

Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.

In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can...

In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can...

It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast...

It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast...

As you lecture, you keep watching the faces, and information keeps coming back to you...

As you lecture, you keep watching the faces, and information keeps coming back to you...

The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way...

The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way...

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about...

We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about...

A scientist is in a sense a learned small boy. There is something of the...

A scientist is in a sense a learned small boy. There is something of the...

You see, every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life...

You see, every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life...

I tell my students to try early in life to find an unattainable objective.

I tell my students to try early in life to find an unattainable objective.

So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per...

So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per...

It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists,...

It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists,...

All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of...

All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of...

Science goes from question to question; big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as...

Science goes from question to question; big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as...

The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake,...

The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake,...