Simon Levay Quotes

#1. Scientists are supposed to live in ivory towers. Their darkrooms and their vibration-proof benches are supposed to isolate their activities from the disturbances of common life. What they tell us is supposed to be for the ages, not for the next election. But the reality may be otherwise.

Simon LeVay

#2. Every season, we spend what really should be our hiatus, and what really should be me relaxing on a beach, planning out the whole season.

Marc Guggenheim

#3. When these flies were put together in all-male groups they formed long, moving chains resembling conga lines, with each male attempting (unsuccessfully) to mate with the male in front of it.

Simon LeVay

#4. I felt if I didn't find anything, I would give up a scientific career altogether.

Simon LeVay

#5. The question of trademark is pretty unsettled in the open source world. The trademark is important in a consumer product, but there are a few groups who feel it's a restriction they can't live with.

Mitchell Baker

#6. I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.

Erma Bombeck

#7. It's important to stress what I didn't find. I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay. I didn't show that gay men are born that way, the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain.

Simon LeVay

#8. No one can attain moksha by pushing away others with contempt. So beware!

Dada Bhagwan

#9. A buddy of mine was addicted to heroin and he told me that people who say quitting cigarettes is harder than quitting heroin are wrong.

Russell Brand