“A doctor can save maybe a few hundred lives in a lifetime. A researche...” — Craig Venter Quote

“A doctor can save maybe a few hundred lives in a lifetime. A researcher can save the whole world.”

“We can create new ways to create clean water.”

“Right now, oil is being isolated around the globe, and there is a major effort in shipping, trucking and otherwise transporting that oil around to a very finite number of refineries. Biology allows us to make these same fuels in a much more distributed fashion.”

“I don't do facials - I don't really enjoy people picking at my skin. I'd rather a dermatologist who's a doctor for that do that.”

“I'd just turned 50, weighed 285, and my doctor had read me the riot act about my health.”

“I can get a good doctor in a minute and a half. Getting a really good electrician - that's hard.”