Joseph Murray

Blanket objection is not very reasonable to me - any effort to control scientific advances is doomed to fail.

It's the best time ever to be a doctor because you can heal and treat conditions that were untreatable even a few years ago.

Stem cells are probably going to be extremely useful.

Where we are really well positioned is that we can bring skills to the party. We can fix factories, we can fix operations, and we have a good geographical presence.

I was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.

When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation.