My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas. Kary Mullis brothercataloguechristmas Change image and share on social
I've been writing about my boyhood, when I was a little kid back on my grandfather's farm where we didn't know about black widow spiders or all that stuff. But writing about that is so easy. Kary Mullis backblackboyhood Change image and share on social
You can't ask your pharmacist to stock larger quantities of potassium nitrate because you want to make a bigger rocket. Kary Mullis biglargemake Change image and share on social
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 careconcernhiv Change image and share on social
I'm really optimistic in the mornings. Kary Mullis morningoptimistic Change image and share on social
Law shuttles between freeing us and enslaving us. Kary Mullis enslavefreelaw Change image and share on social
Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don't mind attacking my own fraternity because I am ashamed of it. Kary Mullis ashamedattackawful Change image and share on social
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 casechildhooddesk Change image and share on social
I went to high school in Columbia. I met my first wife, Richards, whom I married while I was working on a B.S. in chemistry at Georgia Tech. She bore Louise, and I studied. I learned most of the useful technical things - math, physics, chemistry - that I now use during those four years. Kary Mullis bearchemistrycolumbia share on social
