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> [My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/my-heroes-were-never-scientists-they-were-graham-greene-and/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

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## More by James D. Watson

> [As a child, I lived with being punier than other boys in class. The only consolation was my parents' empathy - they encouraged constant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/as-a-child-i-lived-with-being-punier-than-other-boys-in-class-the/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/take-young-researchers-put-them-together-in-virtual-seclusion-give/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the outspoken religious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/polls-consistently-show-that-the-majority-of-americans-favour/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [You move forward through knowledge. You prevail through knowledge. I love the word 'prevail.' Prevail!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/you-move-forward-through-knowledge-you-prevail-through-knowledge-i/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/as-an-educator-i-have-always-striven-to-see-that-the-fruits-of-the/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [The brain is the last and grandest biological frontier, the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe. It contains hundreds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/the-brain-is-the-last-and-grandest-biological-frontier-the-most/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [No good model ever accounted for all the facts, since some data was bound to be misleading if not plain wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/no-good-model-ever-accounted-for-all-the-facts-since-some-data-was/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/one-could-not-be-a-successful-scientist-without-realizing-that-in/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [If we could honestly promise young couples that we knew how to give them offspring with superior character, why should we assume they would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/if-we-could-honestly-promise-young-couples-that-we-knew-how-to-give/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/the-way-to-do-great-science-is-to-stay-away-from-subjects-that-are/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [Remember, grab you're future with both hands and mold it into what you want it to be. It's the determined, who create the life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/remember-grab-you-re-future-with-both-hands-and-mold-it-into-what-you/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [I wish there would be more movies about scientists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/i-wish-there-would-be-more-movies-about-scientists/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [I don't want 100 different cures of cancer. I want, you know, give me five. So if you had, you know, five medicines, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/i-don-t-want-100-different-cures-of-cancer-i-want-you-know-give-me/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [One-third of all female infertility is the result of blocked fallopian tubes. If fertilization could be done in the lab and then the fertilized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/one-third-of-all-female-infertility-is-the-result-of-blocked/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

> [I wanted to see if I could write a good book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/i-wanted-to-see-if-i-could-write-a-good-book/)

[James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/)

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