"It was during my time at secondary school that I abandoned religion." ― Paul Nurse Topic(s): Religion More From Paul Nurse "I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science." "I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded." "Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science." More In Religion "For me sport was a religion… with religious sentiment."― Pierre de Coubertin "Selfishness is the only real atheism; unselfishness the only real religion."― Israel Zangwill "The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history."― Mao Zedong