Jonas Salk

“Are we being good ancestors?”

“There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.”

“Reply when questioned on the safety of the polio vaccine he developed: It is safe, and you can't get safer than safe.”

“Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience.”

“I pictured myself as a virus or a cancer cell and tried to sense what it would be like.”

“The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.”

“It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.”

“I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.”

“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.”