Quotes by Neal Lane

“All the trends, in my view, are negative. On the whole, I expect our work force problems in science and technology only to get worse.”

“CEOs of many corporations have begun to get the message that if the federal government continues to cut back on research funding, then this innovation is not going to happen any more, because these companies cannot afford to fund all the basic exploratory research thats needed at the front end.”

“He was a person with extraordinary intelligence. But more than that, he was a real civic scientist, one who not only does great science, but uses that knowledge and fame to do good, to benefit society, and to try and educate the public. He had a palpable wish to solve some of the worlds problems.”

“Its disturbing, ... This is the first time to the best of my knowledge through successive Republican and Democratic administrations, that the issue of scientific integrity has reared its head.”

“I see this as the greatest challenge we have as a nation,”

“Weve seen this problem coming for years. We need to do something about it now. If the current trend persists, we, as a country, will fall short.”

“That discourages young people from careers.”

“This is a war on behalf of science.”

“Cleaning, shopping, transportation _ we need to find new ways to support those kind of tasks that dont require a skilled work force.”

“In my view, this was a singular event in the history of nanotechnology, ... It not only created a whole new field of fullerene chemistry, it immediately made feasible the notion of making things from the bottom up, just as physicist Richard Feynman had predicted 50 years earlier.”