People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think it would be great. — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated. — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
It's certainly in dreams of people, you know, that they do something big. Most of the time they keep it secret because,… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
I have an odd theory on happiness, and it bothers people. My general theory is that happiness is a reward for an… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
Great wealth could make an enormous difference over the next decade if they sensibly support the scientific elite. Just the elite. Because… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
If you accept that people are the products of evolution, then you have to have an open mind to the truth. Unfair… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
I recently went to my staircase at Clare College, Cambridge and there were women there! There have been a lot of convincing… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you're not going to hire them. — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
We should govern our actions by assuming that people are more good than bad. Whereas, most of our social policies dictate that… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be liked by the majority of people, but there were always some people that I desperately wanted to… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
As a child, I lived with being punier than other boys in class. The only consolation was my parents' empathy - they encouraged constant… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness. — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the outspoken religious… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
You move forward through knowledge. You prevail through knowledge. I love the word 'prevail.' Prevail! — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all. — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
The brain is the last and grandest biological frontier, the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe. It contains hundreds of… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
No good model ever accounted for all the facts, since some data was bound to be misleading if not plain wrong. — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
If we could honestly promise young couples that we knew how to give them offspring with superior character, why should we assume they would… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers. — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
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… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
