Jack Horner Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“In the future, I'd like to see paleontology as a whole get a lot more quantitative.”

“Keratin can be very colorful, as we see in birds. We'd expect dinosaurs to be very colorful because they basically invented the characteristics we see in birds.”

“Almost all of my graduate students say that they got interested in dinosaurs because of 'Jurassic Park.'”

“Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens.”

“Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal.”

“Most people looking for dinosaurs are looking for beautiful skeletons.”

“I just cannot imagine why anyone would want to be really famous. You go to a restaurant and people are pointing at you and they talk about you and they whisper and it is very disconcerting; it is a very odd feeling.”

“Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.”

“'Jurassic Park' has a lot of science in it - and a lot of it is wrong - but if it was all accurate, it would be a documentary.”

“Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.”