In mathematics and science, there is no difference in the intelligence of men and women. The difference in genes between men and women is simply the Y chromosome, which has nothing to do with intelligence.

I think there are profound differences between women and men. In intelligence and creativity, there is no difference, but in what one loves, what one likes, the passions - there are differences.

I am often asked why there is discrimination against women in science. And I have given it some thought. With prejudicial attitudes, you can't really do much. You can point out when people discriminate and ask them not to.

I immediately loved working with flies. They fascinated me and followed me around in my dreams.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

I was reading at a third-grade level until the age of 30 before I made the decision that I was going to learn how to read.

To finally reform higher education, we should start by asking fundamental questions, such as, Why does it take four years to get a degree?

And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art.