Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

I'm not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don't shoulder lightly.