"Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers."

"Reduced to the statistical permutations of genes, life became "nothing but" the marriage of chance and selection."

"The problem of the Negro in the western hemisphere constitutes a very ugly story, seriously implicates the white man and provides an outstanding disgrace. Brought to the United States and to the West …"

"Maybe you don't know enough about the facts - I mean my life history. Probably you can discover everything in my works well enough, but.. .. perhaps it would be good if I visit you some evening, or yo…"

"Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness."