James Watson

DNA is a language, a code, a set of instructions. It's the software of life.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

Science has its own beauty. A snowflake, a flower, a human being, a galaxy. All are beautiful in their own way.

The double helix was too pretty not to be true.

If you are not a little bit crazy, you are not a scientist.

The pace of discovery in biology is so fast that it's almost impossible to keep up.

I don't think there are any limits to what we can achieve with science.

The biggest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

The structure was too elegant, too simple, too beautiful to be wrong.

Science is not a game of chance, but a game of skill.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

The greatest discovery of all time is that we can discover.

The human genome project is the most important scientific undertaking of all time.

The future of medicine is in genetics.

The pursuit of knowledge is an endless journey.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

The greatest challenge for science is to understand the human brain.

The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.

The most important thing in science is to ask the right questions.