Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged. — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
I would only once have the opportunity to let my scientific career encompass a path from the double helix to the three… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
I started doing science when I was effectively 20, a graduate student of Salvador Luria at Indiana University. And that was -… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
It is no coincidence that so many religious beliefs date back to times when no science could possibly have accounted satisfactorily for… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
“People say we are playing God. My answer is: If we don't play God, who will?” — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found,… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
'Genes, Girls, and Gamow' was an attempt, even more than 'The Double Helix,' to mix science with one's personal life. With 'The… — 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
