Community Quote by Walter Gilbert

Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

— Walter Gilbert

Three billion bases of DNA sequence can be put on a single compact disc and one will be able to pull a CD out…

— Walter Gilbert

We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens.

— Walter Gilbert

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is…

— Walter Gilbert

Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being.

— Walter Gilbert

The community as a whole doesn't listen patiently to critics who adopt alternative viewpoints. Although the great lesson of history is that knowledge develops…

— Walter Gilbert

By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer,…

— Walter Gilbert

Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.

— Walter Gilbert

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

— Walter Gilbert

The best project is one that asks a novel question.

— Walter Gilbert

I am afraid that those comments go back to the late 80's. At that time I was a skeptic - the argument based on…

— Walter Gilbert

Biology will tell you a lot of things, but there are many that it can not explain and you need to look at physics…

— Walter Gilbert