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Paul D. Boyer Quotes

American - Scientist | July 31, 1918 -

Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.

Mountain Me Top Summit Get Inviting

A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement.

Beauty Appreciation Me Need Analysis

I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned.

I Am Remember Bad Back Civility Am

Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures.

Family Car Roads Day Driving Now

I have a tendency to be lucky and make the right choices based on limited information.

Choices Information Lucky Right Make

The geographical isolation and lack of television made world happenings and problems seem remote.

World Problems Isolation Television

More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.

Love Father Honesty Discipline Me

If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer.

Family Great Losing Support Research

Her death contributed to my later interest in studying biochemistry, an interest that has not been fulfilled in the sense that my accomplishments remain more at the basic than the applied level.

Death More Studying Her Level Sense

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.

School Welcome College Me Basketball

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president.

Government Student Class President

It was always assumed that I would go to college.

College Go Always Would Assumed

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