The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake, and trivial. We are one species, with a world to win.

Quote by George Wald

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The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

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...

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

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

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,...

Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror...

Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror...

A peacetime draft is the most un-American thing I know.

A peacetime draft is the most un-American thing I know.

The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to...

The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to...

There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is...

There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is...

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...

As far as I know, the most conservative estimates of the number of Americans who...

As far as I know, the most conservative estimates of the number of Americans who...

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.

We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at...

We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at...

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...

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...

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.

A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better.

A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better.

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

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

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...

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

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

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