"Research potential is the dominant factor in the Biology Department when we are recruiting new faculty." --Daniel Bush, chair of the Biology Department at Colorado State University
"I still need to worry about money," says Graham Smith. The difference now is that he does not have to bring in money because of profit targets but "because of my curiosity about how the universe works. That's a very different motivation."
"I'm kind of compelled to respond the same way even when I think the reviewer is a stupid jerk with no imagination and too much free time." --Anonymous