James Watson

Science is not a pretty thing.

The gene for intelligence is not going to be found in Africa.

I am inherently optimistic about the future, but I do not believe that we are all born equal.

There is no firm reason to believe that intellectually gifted people are more likely to be kind.

If you could find the gene which determines sexuality and it was a bad gene, and you could get rid of it, then it would be a good thing.

I don't think we should ever be afraid to ask questions, no matter how uncomfortable the answers might be.

Our society is based on the idea that all men are created equal, but that's not true.

The biggest obstacle to understanding ourselves is our reluctance to accept uncomfortable truths.

The more you know about the human genome, the less you believe in free will.

I'm not saying that all people are equal. I'm saying that we should treat them as if they are.

If we could make all women beautiful, we should.

There is no such thing as a 'bad' gene, only genes that are bad in certain environments.

The greatest discovery of all time was the discovery of DNA, because it allowed us to understand life itself.

I have never met a person who is not interested in their own genes.

The human genome project is the most important scientific undertaking in human history.

We are on the verge of being able to design our own children.

The idea that we are all equal is a myth.

I don't believe in God, but I do believe in science.

The only way to make progress is to challenge conventional wisdom.

The truth is often uncomfortable, but it is always worth pursuing.