I've always been interested in art and making things, but I chose not to go to art school because I thought I needed to do something else. Art was a tough way to make a living. I've always done both. I just kind of figured that the marine biology would be a career and the art would be something I did for my own self-expression.
我早已喜爱艺术并进行艺术创作，但我选择不在艺术学校进修，因为我认为我需要做些其他的事，而从艺难以谋生，但我最后兼得之。我只是稍稍认为海洋生物学是我的工作，艺术是我用以自我表现的中介。
民主是最差的一种政治制度，除了所有那些其他被实验过的政治制度之外。
The potential of CRISPR is vast, but we must use it responsibly.
你不是通过遵循规则来学习走路的。你是通过实践和跌倒来学习的。
在你合适的年龄读到的故事永远不会完全离开你。你可能会忘记是谁写的或者故事叫什么名字。有时候你会忘记具体发生了什么，但如果一个故事触动了你，它会一直伴随着你，萦绕在你脑海中那些你很少去的地方。
科学中的每一个发现都是建立在我们之前无数人工作的基础上。
The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.
