Harold E. Varmus famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

There are three great themes in science in the twentieth century : the atom, the computer, and the gene.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Science #Atoms #Three
Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely opposed to the Vietnam War, I sought to avoid it through an assignment to the Public Health Service.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Military #War #School
My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Summer #Reading #Summer Days
In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Cancer #Way #Microscopes
Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Trying #Theme
All basic scientists who look to the NCI for funding should know that I will tolerate no retreat on the study of model systems and the pursuit of fundamental biological principles.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Retreat #Principles #Looks
I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Discovery #Process #Passive
Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Tests #Fellowship #Depth
Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Cancer #Age #Causes
I had learned of Gertrude Steins bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psychiatrist, globe-trotting tropical disease specialist, or academic internist.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Medicine #Doors #Views
I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. Peoples habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to take steps to avoid transmission of HIV, are all behavioral questions.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Medicine #Smoking #Important
Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And were trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a better job of predicting how things are going to work out and making new drugs.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#Jobs #Cancer #Differences
I keep encouraging the pharmaceutical companies to put more money into R&D.
-- Harold E. Varmus

#More Money #Pharmaceutical Companies #Company

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