131 Quotes by James D. Watson

I have been much blessed.

Never be the brightest person in the room.

The brain, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.

I am thrilled to see my genome.

If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn't have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.

Do things as soon as you can. If a decision needs to be made, make it. It gives you more time to change your mind.

One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

I'm basically a libertarian. I don't want to restrict anyone from doing anything unless it's going to harm me. I don't want [to] pass a law stopping someone from smoking. It's just too dangerous. You lose the concept of a free society. Since we are genetically so diverse and our brains are so different, we're going to have different aspirations.

No good model ever accounted for all the facts, since some data was bound to be misleading if not plain wrong.