Science doesnt in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself. – Walter Gilbert
Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge. – Walter Gilbert

Science doesnt in the slightest depend on trust. It depends completely on the belief that you can demonstrate something for yourself. – Walter Gilbert
Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge. – Walter Gilbert
I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background. – Walter Gilbert
Early on, its good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what youre writing about is not that relevant. – Walter Gilbert
Mayors could never get away with the kind of nonsense that goes on in Washington. In our world, you either picked up the trash or you didnt. You either moved an abandoned car or you didnt. You either filled a pothole or you didnt. Thats what we do every day. And we know how to get this stuff done. – Michael Nutter
We must then build a proper relationship between the richest and the poorest countries based on our desire that they are able to fend for themselves with the investment that is necessary in their agriculture, so that Africa is not a net importer of food, but an exporter of food. – Gordon Brown