Jonas Salk Quotes

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

[Who owns the patent on this vaccine?] Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?

Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

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

There is no such thing as failure, there's just giving up too soon.

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

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.

Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.

I look upon ourselves as partners in all of this, and that each of us contributes and does what he can do best. And so I see not a top rung and a bottom rung - I see all this horizontally - and I see this as part of a matrix. And I see every human being as having a purpose, a destiny, if you like - the destiny that exists in each of us - and find ways and means to provide such opportunities for everyone.