Treasure your exceptions.

Language changes very fast.

Ethanol's not an ideal fuel.

Life is a DNA software system.

Sailing is a big outlet for me.

Societies depend on agreed rules.

We can create new food substances.

Your genetics is not your destiny.

Race has no genetic or scientific basis.

I spent 10 years trying to find one gene.

We can create new ways to create clean water.

You can't have life without the genetic code.

It's very expensive to treat chronic diseases.

I was a horrible student. I really hated school.

You couldn't have human society without language.

The best way to predict the future is to change it.

I always loved computers - it's something inside you.

The environment has fallen to the wayside in politics.

I don't see any absolute biological limit on human age.

Our genomes are evolving and changing every single day.

My genetic autobiography can be found throughout my body.

San Francisco is one of my favorite cities on the planet.

We're moving from reading the genetic code to writing it.

The only 'afterlife' is what other people remember of you.

Energy is probably the most pressing demand on our planet.

I don't actually believe there's any such thing as privacy.

Information imposes certain criteria on how it can be stored.

Genes can't possibly explain all of what makes us what we are.

The pace of digitizing life has been increasing exponentially.

The future of society is 100% dependent on scientific advances.

Intellectual property is a key aspect for economic development.

Any virus that's been sequenced today - that genome can be made.

Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.

I have this idea of trying to catalog all the genes on the planet.

Oh dear, you are confusing molecular science with ancient history.

The evolution of sex is the hardest problem in evolutionary biology.

The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA.

I suppose if there's a set of genes I have, it's detesting authority.

The mouse genome is an invaluable tool to interpret the human genome.

Patents are basically rights to try and develop a commercial product.

I like talking and walking. It's more productive than doing just one.

I have the modest goals of replacing the whole petrochemical industry.

There are enzymes called restriction enzymes that actually digest DNA.

We know that there is a connection between our feelings and our brain.

There's a constant debate over nature or nurture - they're inseparable.

Nobel prizes are very special prizes, and it would be great to get one.

I think we invent jargon because it saves times talking to one-another.

I am not sure our brains and our psychologies are ready for immortality.

Fred Sanger was one of the most important scientists of the 20th century.

Life was so cheap in Vietnam. That is where my sense of urgency comes from.

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