Francis Crick

"Stupidity is a very serious problem and we must do something about it."

"In the brain, there are billions of neurons, each making thousands of connections."

"The brain is the most complex object in the known universe."

"What we must do is find the rules of the brain."

"The mind is not separate from matter."

"DNA is the molecule of life itself."

"Evolution is as fact as well-established as any in science."

"Aromatase is a very interesting enzyme."

"The nature of consciousness remains one of science's greatest unsolved problems."

"You can't do good science without having a wild imagination."

"The central question in molecular biology is how information in DNA is transferred to protein."

"Life at its most fundamental is about information transfer."

"We should be trying to understand what the brain does with information."

"Science and religion are not in competition but in different domains."

"Every human being is unique, even identical twins."

"The problem with philosophy is that it doesn't produce results."

"You can't understand the brain without understanding neurons."

"The chemical basis of life is not magic, it is chemistry."

"If we can understand how the brain works, we can understand everything."

"The gene is not the unit of selection, the organism is."

"Consciousness arises from neural activity."

"The human mind is the most fascinating system we know."

"We are truly cosmic creatures."

"The physical basis of mind is the brain."

"Reductionism is the only way forward in biology."

"A scientist's job is to be curious about how the world works."

"The universe is not only strange, it is stranger than we can imagine."

"Great discoveries in science often come from perseverance."

"The beauty of science is that it changes its mind."

"We are the products of millions of years of evolution."