You’ve never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.
JAMES WATSONIt’s necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.
More James Watson Quotes
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[As a young man ] I came to the conclusion that the church was just a bunch of fascists that supported Franco. I stopped going on Sunday mornings and watched the birds with my father instead.
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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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The brain, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.
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The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.
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I turned against the left wing because they don’t like genetics, because genetics implies that sometimes in life we fail because we have bad genes. They want all failure in life to be due to the evil system.
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The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.
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Racists have often used pseudoscience to justify their socially damaging views; watch these films to see how science, by replacing ignorance with knowledge, can undo that damage.
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We’re not all equal, it’s simply not true. That isn’t science.
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Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.
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Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.
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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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I don’t think we are here for anything. We’re just products of evolution. You can say, “Gee, your life must be pretty bleak if you don’t think there’s a purpose.” But I’m anticipating a good lunch.
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One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.
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