If reincarnation is a useful biological idea it is certain that somewhere in the universe it will happen. Kary Mullis More Quotes by Kary Mullis More Quotes From Kary Mullis I'm not politically correct. Kary Mullis politically-correct In the 1950s in Columbia, South Carolina, it was considered OK for kids to play with weird things. We could go to the hardware store and buy 100 feet of dynamite fuse. Kary Mullis feetplaykids Fish don't know much about water, and people didn't know much about air. Kary Mullis oceanairpeople Science has not been successful by making up explanations of things that fit with the current social fabric. Kary Mullis fabricfitsuccessful I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess. Kary Mullis microphonescrowdsbigs I can say exactly what I feel about any issue, and I'm going to do that. Kary Mullis issuesi-canfeels And all I knew about drugs was what I read in magazines like Time and Life. I learned that marijuana was a dangerous addictive drug and that I should stay away from it. Kary Mullis marijuanamagazinesdrug Law shuttles between freeing us and enslaving us. Kary Mullis law I'm really optimistic in the mornings. Kary Mullis optimisticmorning Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess. Kary Mullis kingsgonewar I like writing about biology, not doing it. Kary Mullis biologywriting We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon. Kary Mullis childhoodeyebrowsenemy Here's a bunch of people practising a new set of behavioural norms. Apparently it didn't work because a lot of them got sick. That's the conclusion. You don't necessarily know why it happened. But you start there. Kary Mullis yousickworkpeople You make observations, write theories to fit them, try experiments to disprove the theories and, if you can't, you've got something. Kary Mullis writesomethingtryyou They can't pooh-pooh me now, because of who I am. Kary Mullis i-amwhonowme Do we care about these people that are HIV-positive whose lives have been ruined? Those are the people I'm the most concerned about. Every night I think about this. Kary Mullis thinkcarenightpeople It's not blaming the victim. It's not anybody's fault. They just did something that didn't work, that's all. Kary Mullis faultsomethingjustwork PCR made it easier to see that certain people are infected with HIV. Kary Mullis hivseemadepeople People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does. Kary Mullis nobodymanhellpeople
