"The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus."
— Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008)
"I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it."
—Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008)
"Try hard to find out what you're good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that."
—Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008)
"The central moral issue of science is that we do not have a science of peace and hardly know where to begin in building one."
—Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008)
"I believe I am a person with unusual talents. I think I'd be a liar or stupid if I were to deny that."
—Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008)
"I don't believe anybody can really grasp everything that's even in one textbook."
—Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008)
"If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk."
—Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008)
"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."
—Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008)