"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."

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Source : James D. Watson (2011). “The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

James D. Watson

#Success Quotes #Mother Quotes #Truth Quotes

“I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.”
“Love is the soul's light, the taste of morning, no me, no we, no claim of being.”
“It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little dump most of the time.”
“I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen.”
“Love, after all, always said more about those who felt it than it did about the ones they loved.”
“During the first couple of years of 'Dancing with the Stars,' I would go to Jack in the Box in my ball gown after the shows and get the Taco Nachos with cheese as my reward.”
“I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress.”
“The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.”

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