James D. Watson Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast.”

“I first became aware of Charles Darwin and evolution while still a schoolboy growing up in Chicago. My father and I had a passion for bird-watching, and when the snow or the rain kept me indoors, I read his bird books and learned about evolution.”

“I have never seen Francis Crick in a modest mood. Perhaps in other company he is that way, but I have never had reason so to judge him.”

“It's so difficult writing about living people.”

“My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.”

“You move forward through knowledge. You prevail through knowledge. I love the word 'prevail.' Prevail!”

“I wish there would be more movies about scientists.”

“Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.”

“Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.”

“The time has come to seriously ask whether antioxidant use much more likely causes than prevents cancer.”