James D. Watson

If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one. ↗

— James D. Watson

#dream #first #give #helps #know

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

— James D. Watson

#good #graham #graham greene #greene #heroes

Our goal should be to understand our differences. ↗

— James D. Watson

#goal #our #should #understand

Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting. ↗

— James D. Watson

#been #breakthrough #exciting #possible #preoccupation

Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty. ↗

— James D. Watson

#arrogance #belief #both #characterized #found

Some think there is something wrong about enhancing people. ↗

— James D. Watson

#enhancing #people #some #something #think

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. ↗

— James D. Watson

#believe #ever #father #god #had

The pace of discovery is going unbelievably fast. ↗

— James D. Watson

#fast #going #pace #unbelievably

There are many people of color who are very talented. ↗

— James D. Watson

#many #people #talented #very #who

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

— James D. Watson

#apologise #continent #drawn #genetically #i