“The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely i...” — Harold E. Varmus Quote

“The public schools I attended were dominated by athletics and rarely inspiring intellectually, but I enjoyed a small circle of interesting friends despite my ineptitude at team sports and my preference for reading.”

“Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.”

“A major feature of life at the NIH in late 1960s was the extraordinary offering of evening courses for physicians attempting to become scientists as they neared thirty.”

“I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school.”

“Athletics is a luxury.”

“Athletics is athletics. When you do sport, you are gambling. You run, you win, you lose. It doesn't matter if you are competing or you are not competing.”