Nathans Quotes & Sayings

It is very difficult to explain this feeling to anyone who is entirely without it, especially as there is no anthropomorphic conception of God corresponding to it. The individual feels the nothingness of human desires and aims and the sublimity and marvelous order which reveal themselves both in Nature and in the world of though. He looks upon individual existence as a sort of prison and wants to experience the universe as a single significant whole. — Albert Einstein

My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World. — Daniel Nathans

We are not afraid of rivalry, for we are unique — Sunday Adelaja

First of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes. — Daniel Nathans

Small science, which includes most research in the life sciences all over the world, is science directed usually by an individual senior scientist and a small team of junior associates, perhaps three, ten, fifteen, something in that order. — Daniel Nathans

Oh, you'll what? You'll leave me? What's that supposed to be - a threat or a promise? — Richard Yates

For me to train and get ready for racing, I can't just sit in the gym all the time and that's the way it is. Responsibility starts and stops with me. My main gig is grand prix driving, that's what I do and I need to keep that in the forefront of my mind. — Mark Webber

The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still. — Daniel Nathans

People are not the only interesting organism on earth. From the point of view of scientific or commercial value, there are lots of interesting organisms. — Daniel Nathans

As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way. — Daniel Nathans

Shadows of deserts are as beautiful as the shining lights on the surface of oceans! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Challenge quandary thinking, either/or thinking come by moving from the abstract to the concrete. What can we do with the choice actually in front of us? — Sherry Turkle

And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance. — Daniel Nathans

So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students. — Daniel Nathans

I also found out that I liked biochemical research and that I could do it. — Daniel Nathans

You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are. — A. J. McLean

At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends. — Daniel Nathans

My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months. — Daniel Nathans