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 Copy Share Image
The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus. — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
I'm chairing a UNESCO committee on how to improve global Internet communications for science; help third-world people get onto the Net so they can… — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science. — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
As soon as you go into any biological process in any real detail, you discover it's open-ended in terms of what needs to be… — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I became interested in cytochemistry: chemical analysis under the microscope, and trying to understand the composition of cells. — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
If you want to solve very complex problems, you will have to end up letting machines work out a lot of the details for… — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
I was a bad practicing physician because I was never sure of the diagnosis or of the treatment. — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
If you wanted to dissect the structure of living cells, genetic analysis was an extremely powerful method, so my interest turned to that. — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had. — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches… — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
I wish I had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. It gets to be quite a clutter after… — Joshua Lederberg Copy Share Image
