--- title: "1 Better off dead Quotes By Richard J. Roberts" description: "1 Better off dead quotes by Richard J. Roberts. Plus more from Richard J. Roberts and more Better off dead sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/richard-j-roberts-28065_alive_the-way-health-care-is-funded-in-the-u-s_1743343.jpg" --- > [The way health care is funded in the U.S. is not sustainable. People are being kept alive who are probably better off dead. The cost of health care is too high, and you don't get much for it - it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/the-way-health-care-is-funded-in-the-u-s-is-not-sustainable-people/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/richard-j-roberts-28065_alive_the-way-health-care-is-funded-in-the-u-s_1743343.jpg) ## Other authors on Better off dead ## More by Richard J. Roberts > [My elementary education was at Christ Church infant school and St. Stephen's junior school. At St. Stephen's, I encountered my first real mentor, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/my-elementary-education-was-at-christ-church-infant-school-and-st/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [The battle over genetically modified crops is rife with business interests and political opportunism. When GMOs were first produced in laboratories around the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/the-battle-over-genetically-modified-crops-is-rife-with-business/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [The strands of the DNA double helix are held together by hydrogen bonding interactions between the complementary base pairs. Heating DNA in solution easily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/the-strands-of-the-dna-double-helix-are-held-together-by-hydrogen/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [Modern genetic engineering makes producing GMO food products relatively easy. GMOs can improve crop yield and greatly enhance the nutritional value of those same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/modern-genetic-engineering-makes-producing-gmo-food-products/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [Much of my work in biology has been driven by my early training in chemistry. When studying a new chemical compound, the first and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/much-of-my-work-in-biology-has-been-driven-by-my-early-training-in/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [There is need for more science in politics and less politics in science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/there-is-need-for-more-science-in-politics-and-less-politics-in/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [I am a passionate reader, having been tutored very early by my mother. I avidly devoured all books on chemistry that I could find.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/i-am-a-passionate-reader-having-been-tutored-very-early-by-my-mother/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [PubMed Central is vital for researchers and the public alike. Only through free access can everyone find out where the cutting edge of research…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/pubmed-central-is-vital-for-researchers-and-the-public-alike-only/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [I was first exposed to the idea of macro-molecular sequences while I was a postdoctoral fellow with Jack Strominger at Harvard. During that time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/i-was-first-exposed-to-the-idea-of-macro-molecular-sequences-while-i/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [Hard as it is to imagine, there's a move afoot in Congress to take away the public's free online access to tax-funded medical research…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/hard-as-it-is-to-imagine-there-s-a-move-afoot-in-congress-to-take/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [From age 16 on, I found school boring and failed A-level Physics at my first attempt. This was necessary for university entrance, and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/from-age-16-on-i-found-school-boring-and-failed-a-level-physics-at-my/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [DNA is the master blueprint for life and constitutes the genetic material in all free-living organisms and most viruses. RNA is the genetic material…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/dna-is-the-master-blueprint-for-life-and-constitutes-the-genetic/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [Each year, several million children either die or suffer irreparable developmental defects because of vitamin A deficiency. Countless others are harmed by malnutrition and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/each-year-several-million-children-either-die-or-suffer-irreparable/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [The way health care is funded in the U.S. is not sustainable. People are being kept alive who are probably better off dead. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/the-way-health-care-is-funded-in-the-u-s-is-not-sustainable-people/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) > [During normal cell metabolism, RNA is constantly being made and broken down. The purine and pyrimidine residues are reused by several salvage pathways to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-roberts/during-normal-cell-metabolism-rna-is-constantly-being-made-and-broken/) [Richard J. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-roberts/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-off-dead/richard-j-roberts/#itemlist", "name": "1 Better off dead Quotes By Richard J. 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