Jack W. Szostak famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make some original contribution. And although I have had some degree of success as a scientist, it is hard to say precisely why.
-- Jack W. Szostak

#Desire #Degrees #Intense
In my lab, we're interested in the transition from chemistry to early biology on the early earth.
-- Jack W. Szostak

#Transition #Earth #Labs
Years ago R.N.A. was kind of a bit player in the cell. Now our picture's completely inverted, and we think R.N.A.'s really the important thing.
-- Jack W. Szostak

#Player #Thinking #Cells

May God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.
Coherence and closure are deep human desires that are presently unfashionable. But they are always both frightening and enchantingly desirable. "Falling in love," characteristically, combs the appearances of the word, and of the particular lover's history, out of a random tangle and into a coherent plot.
There is, first, the desire for strength, for achievement, for adequacy, for confidence in the face of the world, and for independence and freedom. Secondly, we have what we may call the desire for reputation or prestige
It's really seeing student involvement â€¦ as a variety of opportunities that are appropriate for each given student and responsive to their individual needs and their desires for their educational experience.
Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.
I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the ***** ballgame.
I'm pretty intense when it comes to relationships, platonic ones as well. If I feel a connection with someone, I'm willing to go there.
Every relationship I've been in becomes long-distance because of work. It's never worked out. It puts an intense strain on the relationship, and at a certain point, it becomes too difficult.
The British fans are very intense, maybe even more so than fans in the U.S.! They're great.
The older I get, the more of a recluse I turn into. I love the social aspect of my work. Itâ€™s like a commune and gets very intense and very sociable. Then when I am not working, I shut myself away, so I can see myself living up a mountain.

Jack W. Szostak famous quotes

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