When I was growing up in Montana I had two dreams: I wanted to be a paleontologist and I wanted to have… — Jack Horner Dinosaurs 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… — Jack Horner Been Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, with dinosaurs, we haven't had enough specimens to determine how much variation there is within a species. — Jack Horner Determine Copy Share Image
Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal. — Jack Horner About 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… — Jack Horner Arguing 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… — Jack Horner Actually 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 Amnesia Copy Share Image
Dinosaurs are built just like birds - they can squat down, they can get up. Mammals, when we lay down, we throw… — Jack Horner Birds Copy Share Image
I think most of the dinosaur specimens we find represent subadult sizes. — Jack Horner Dinosaur Copy Share Image
I encourage people who don't believe in evolution to look for horses in Jurassic Solenhofen limestone. — Jack Horner Believe Copy Share Image
In the future, I'd like to see paleontology as a whole get a lot more quantitative. — Jack Horner Future Copy Share Image
In the lifetime of one person, we went from figuring out where we came from to figuring out how to get rid… — Jack Horner Inspirational Copy Share Image
I just cannot imagine why anyone would want to be really famous. You go to a restaurant and people are pointing at… — Jack Horner About Copy Share Image
Most people looking for dinosaurs are looking for beautiful skeletons. — Jack Horner Beautiful Copy Share Image
The fossil record is incredible when it preserves things, but it's not a complete record. — Jack Horner Complete Copy Share Image
I'm trying to figure out the biology of dinosaurs and what they were like as living creatures. — Jack Horner Biology Copy Share Image
Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It… — Jack Horner Also Copy Share Image
Almost all of my graduate students say that they got interested in dinosaurs because of 'Jurassic Park.' — Jack Horner Dinosaurs Copy Share Image
Triceratops is very common: they are the cows of the Cretaceous; they are everywhere. — Jack Horner Common Copy Share Image
A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a… — Jack Horner Chicken Copy Share Image
Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines. — Jack Horner Apples Copy Share Image
Dinosaurs replace their teeth throughout their life. And T. rex replaced all of their teeth every year. — Jack Horner Dinosaurs Copy Share Image
