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67 quotes by James D. Watson

James Dewey Watson (born April 6, 1928) is an American molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick. Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material". After studies at...
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It is extraordinary the extent to which Darwin's insights not only changed his contemporaries' view of the world but also continue to be a... →

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I never wanted to be liked by the majority of people, but there were always some people that I desperately wanted to be liked by. And so you've... →

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I started doing science when I was effectively 20, a graduate student of Salvador Luria at Indiana University. And that was - you know, it took me... →

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I would only once have the opportunity to let my scientific career encompass a path from the double helix to the three billion steps of the human... →

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My wife and I have a schizophrenic son. We didn't want to accept this for 30 years, so we put him under great pressure when we shouldn't... →

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To all those who have drawn the inference from my words that Africa, as a continent, is somehow genetically inferior, I can only apologise... →

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I am thrilled to see my genome.

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I have been much blessed.

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It's so difficult writing about living people.

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Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people.

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The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls.

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I wanted to see if I could write a good book.

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You've never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.

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