“Cryptochrome harnesses the energy of incoming blue light, but other mo...” — Jeffrey C. Hall Quote

“Cryptochrome harnesses the energy of incoming blue light, but other molecules are probably needed to absorb light of other colors.”

“Brandeis is so fast and loose and informal, I didn't have any problem offering a history course as a biologist. The barriers would be far more formidable, unscalable, at other institutions. But this is a user-friendly place. It's 'Shmedrik University' - that's a Yiddish word for even worse than schlemiel.”

“The question is not whether but how do the actions of a given gene influence some interesting aspect of behavior.”

“Young people are constantly absorbing - through media, textbooks, and policy - the myths of American exceptionalism; for black children, this means that what they are taught in class does not match the world that they navigate daily.”

“Look at Bjorn Borg or Jack Nicklaus. Those guys really concentrate. With the world on their shoulders, they're so absorbed with what they're doing.”

“It's amazing how much you can absorb on a film set.”