James D. Watson Quotes

There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.

Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important.

Science is a field which grows continuously with ever expanding frontiers.

Science is a wonderful discipline, to which we are deeply indebted.

Why do you do science? In this particular case, we don't have a very good reason to be doing this except for the knowledge that it brings. This research is especially important to young people. We all want to know what's going on in the universe.

Some things mankind can finish and be done with, but not ... science, that persists, and changes from ancient Chaldeans studying the stars to a new telescope with a 200-inch reflector and beyond; not religion, that persists, and changes from old credulities and world views to new thoughts of God and larger apprehensions of his meaning.

Science is the most intimate school of resignation and humility, for it teaches us to bow before the seemingly most insignificant of facts.

Man lives for science as well as bread.

I saw science as being in harmony with humanity.

For the resolving powers of our scientific instruments decide, at a given moment, of the size and the vision of our Universe, and of the image we then make of ourselves.

Science is organized knowledge.

No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science.

Religion asks you to believe things without questioning, and technology and science always encourage you to ask hard questions and why it is important in science and technology. So I was always interested in science and technology.

What's interesting about science is that we're constantly discovering new things about the universe, about ourselves, about our bodies, about diseases, about the possibilities of the future. It's amazing. Science is one of the coolest things about being a human being - without a doubt.

Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.

Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.

I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects.

Curiosity - the rover and the concept - is what science is all about: the quest to reveal the unknown.

All writers are going to have to learn more about science, because it's such an interesting part of their environment.

There is nothing inherently wrong about science.

Today mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute; we often dismiss it as irrational and self-indulgent. But the imagination is also the faculty that has enabled scientists to bring new knowledge to light and to invent technology that has made us immeasurably more effective.

Science is one of a handful of things that defines us as a very special species. It is amazing how far we have been able to get and how accurate our predictions are. I think understanding how the universe was born is very important. It really gives us a perspective on many things.

Science is magic that works.

Is science of any value? I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.

One can not impede scientific progress.