Quotes about "Science & Discovery"

I was a terrific liar as a child, and I believe my lies. So it's a natural step into acting. ”

The discovery of HIV in 1983 and the proof that it was the cause of AIDS in 1984 were the first major scientific breakthroughs that provided a specific target for blood-screening tests and opened the doorway to the development of antiretroviral medications. ”

I consider myself a perpetual student. You seek and learn every day: from an experiment in the lab, from reading a scientific journal, from taking care of a patient. Because of this, I rarely get bored. ”

The most pressing ethical question is to make sure that everything you do from a scientific standpoint is done for the ultimate good and positive issue for the people that you're caring about. ”

The most amazing gift about being a novelist is that you get to pursue your curiosity every day. ”

Most people lose their natural creativity at about five or six - but not me. ”

When a patient does get an organ from another person, it comes from a different body. It has different properties, and a person's natural tendency is to reject that organ. ”

I always think that age is a natural progression, and I'm ready for it. Whatever. I'm going to be the best 85-year-old that I can be if I'm still around. ”

I am a communicator; that seems to be my natural place. And I'll always be passionate about the world, because it's so bonkers. ”

In a deep metaphysical sense, all that is conditioned is illusory. All phenomena are literally 'appearances,' the outer masks in which the One Reality shows itself forth in our changing universe. The more 'material' and solid the appearance, the further is it from reality, and therefore the more illusory it is. ”