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
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 17thamazecentury Change image and share on social
People don't realize that molecules themselves are somewhat hypothetical, and that their interactions are more so, and that the biological reactions are even more so. Kary Mullis biologicalhypotheticalinteraction Change image and share on social
I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess. Kary Mullis bigcrowdentertainer Change image and share on social
Natural DNA is a tractless coil, like an unwound and tangled audiotape on the floor of the car in the dark. Kary Mullis audiotapecarcoil Change image and share on social
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 blamefaultvictim Change image and share on social
My father, Cecil Banks Mullis, and mother, formerly Bernice Alberta Barker, grew up in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. My dad's family had a general store, which I never saw. My grandparents on his side had already died before I started noticing things. Kary Mullis albertabankbarker share on social