Some have said that honeybees are messengers sent from the gods to show us how we ought to live: in sweetness and in beauty and peacefulness.
—From Honeybee Democracy by Thomas D. Seeley, professor of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University
Because we have, in truth, learned nothing from the [human] genome other than probabilities. How does a 1 or 3 percent increased risk for something translate into the clinic? It is useless information.
—Genomicist J. Craig Venter, explaining in a Der Spiegel interview (July 29, 2010) why the results of genome research have not yielded more medical applications
We like to explore and are inspired by journeys to the unknown. Science is not only a disciple of reason, but also one of romance and passion.
—Physicist Stephen Hawking, in a Parade magazine interview (September 12, 2010)
We predict that average national intelligence will correlate significantly and negatively with rates ...
