Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.
JAMES WATSONYou’ve never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.
More James Watson Quotes
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Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.
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No one may have the guts to say this, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add genes, why shouldn’t we?
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Never be the brightest person in the room.
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I have been much blessed.
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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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Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely.
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There are many people of color who are very talented.
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It’s necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.
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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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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.
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A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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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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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.
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Knowing “why” (an idea) is more important than learning “what” (the fact).
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I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.
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