Science that leads over the horizon depends on gathering the best minds and enabling them to do what the best minds naturally seek to do: pursue the most thrilling questions of the time.
JAMES WATSONIf I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn’t have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.
More James Watson Quotes
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If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one.
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If scientists don’t play God, who will?
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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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Knowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn’t have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.
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Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them.
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The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn’t believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls.
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People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great.
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A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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It’s necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.
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Our goal should be to understand our differences.
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You’ve never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.
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We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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No good model ever accounted for all the facts, since some data was bound to be misleading if not plain wrong.
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As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.
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