Rosalind Franklin

The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.

I am not interested in being famous; I am interested in being right.

The dark lady of DNA is a title I do not relish.

One must be prepared to spend a great deal of time on seemingly unproductive work.

The virus work is even more exciting than the DNA.

We have found that the virus particles are all of the same length.

The tobacco mosaic virus is a hollow tube, not a solid rod.

I like to get to the bottom of things.

There is no reason why a woman should not be a scientist, and a good one.

I have always believed that the only way to get anything done is to do it yourself.

The beauty of x-ray analysis is that it tells you exactly where the atoms are.

I am afraid I am not very good at the social side of science.

My work is my life, and I cannot think of anything more rewarding.

The structure is too perfect not to be true.

I am not content with half-answers or approximations.

In science, you don't have to be polite; you just have to be right.

The coal research taught me patience and the value of meticulous measurement.

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on.

I have no patience with sloppy work.

The thrill of seeing a clear diffraction pattern for the first time is indescribable.