60 Quotes by Jack Horner

  • Author Jack Horner
  • Quote

    I usually work in Montana, that's where I was born and raised and that's where there are lots of places to look, ... Right now I'm looking for animals like Tyrannosaurus Rex.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jack Horner
  • Quote

    Some years ago the Smithsonian wanted a T-rex for its new dinosaur hall,

  • Share

  • Author Jack Horner
  • Quote

    Scientists who play by someone else's rules don't have much chance of making discoveries.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jack Horner
  • Quote

    Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jack Horner
  • Quote

    Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jack Horner
  • Quote

    There's an incomparable rush that comes from finding dinosaur bones. You know you're the first person to lay hands on a critter that lived 80 or 90 million years ago.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Jack Horner
  • Quote

    A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.

  • Tags
  • Share