Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named. — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in Montana I had two dreams: I wanted to be a paleontologist and I wanted to have a pet… — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate, during my early years as a paleontologist, in that my field crews and I made some remarkable discoveries indicating dinosaurs… — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, with dinosaurs, we haven't had enough specimens to determine how much variation there is within a species. — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal. — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
The chicken is a dinosaur. I mean, it really is. You can't argue with it, because we're the classifiers and we've classified it that… — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
We all have genes that come from our ancestors that aren't used - they're not turned on. So we actually carry ancient genes with… — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia. — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
Dinosaurs are built just like birds - they can squat down, they can get up. Mammals, when we lay down, we throw our legs… — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
I think most of the dinosaur specimens we find represent subadult sizes. — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
I encourage people who don't believe in evolution to look for horses in Jurassic Solenhofen limestone. — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
