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List of Joshua Lederberg Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 23 inspiring quotes by Joshua Lederberg.

About Joshua Lederberg

  • Born: May 23, 1925
  • Died: February 2, 2008
  • Occupation: Molecular Biologist
    • I wish i had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. it gets to be quite a clutter after a while.
    Wish Talent Dropping
    I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and i know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it.
    Believe Thinking Purpose
    By the time i was 12 or 13, i was studying biochemistry textbooks.
    Textbooks Study Biochemistry
    A swedish newspaper reporter called and said, you've been awarded the prize. i was quite sure it was a practical joke.
    Newspapers Newspaper Reporters Said
    So many of the things i've predicted were technologies that were just sitting right in front of us.
    Technology Sitting Fronts
    My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time i was 6 or 7.
    Ambition Fixed My Ambition
    I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. it took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that i really should take an interest in humanities.
    Humanity Pressure Should
    I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.
    Religious Calling Saws
    Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.
    Successful Age Trying
    I hope i've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.
    Encouragement People Style
    I have many shortcomings. i feel very lucky to have been able to have what i've had.
    Lucky Able Feels
    As soon as you go into any biological process in any real detail, you discover it's open-ended in terms of what needs to be found out about it.
    Real Details Needs
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