Quotes by James D. Watson

James D. Watson

Ever since we achieved a breakthrough in the area of recombinant DNA in 1973, left-wing nuts and environmental kooks have been screaming that we will create some kind of Frankenstein bug or Andromeda Strain that will destroy us all.

Dna

Nuts

Wings

Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had grounds for thinking that the powers held traditionally to be the exclusive property of the gods might one day be ours. 5

Discovery

God

Thinking

For all my life, America was the place to be. And we somehow continue to be the place where there are real opportunities to change the world for the better.

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Opportunity

Real

I am thrilled to see my genome.

Genome

I don’t think we are here for anything. We’re just products of evolution. You can say, “Gee, your life must be pretty bleak if you don’t think there’s a purpose.” But I’m anticipating a good lunch.

Lunch

Mindfulness

Thinking

I have a son, who is a… not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself. And the great fear of then, of all parents is, when the parents die, who takes care of your child? And the answer is: they become homeless.

Children

Parent

Son

I have been much blessed.

Blessed

Has Beens

I never dreamed that in my lifetime my own genome would be sequenced.

Lifetime

My Own

Would Be

I recently went to my staircase at Clare College, Cambridge and there were women there! There have been a lot of convincing studies recently about the loss of productivity in the Western male. It may be that entertainment culture now is so engaging that it keeps people satisfied. We didn’t have that. Science was much more fun than listening to the radio. When you are 16 or 17 and in that inherently semi-lonely period when you are deciding whether to be an intellectual, many now don’t bother.

Fun

Lonely

Science

I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.

Science

Thinking

Years

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Discovery

Distance

Dna

Dream

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Educator

Equal

Essence

Evil

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Father

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Quotes by James D. Watson

James D. Watson

Ever since we achieved a breakthrough in the area of recombinant DNA in 1973, left-wing nuts and environmental kooks have been screaming that we will create some kind of Frankenstein bug or Andromeda Strain that will destroy us all.

Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had grounds for thinking that the powers held traditionally to be the exclusive property of the gods might one day be ours. 5

For all my life, America was the place to be. And we somehow continue to be the place where there are real opportunities to change the world for the better.

I am thrilled to see my genome.

I don’t think we are here for anything. We’re just products of evolution. You can say, “Gee, your life must be pretty bleak if you don’t think there’s a purpose.” But I’m anticipating a good lunch.

I have a son, who is a… not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself. And the great fear of then, of all parents is, when the parents die, who takes care of your child? And the answer is: they become homeless.

I have been much blessed.

I never dreamed that in my lifetime my own genome would be sequenced.

I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.

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