Francis Crick

"Friendship in science transcends nationality, ideology, and personal ambition."

"Hope is evidence that we believe the future can be better than the present."

"Courage in science means publishing findings that contradict your own earlier work."

"The brain contains mysteries that will occupy scientists for centuries."

"Wisdom knows the difference between what can be known and what merely appears knowable."

"Nature's redundancy is nature's insurance policy against disaster."

"Knowledge without application is curiosity; knowledge with application is power."

"Truth is often counterintuitive, which is why intuition alone is a poor guide."

"Freedom of inquiry is the foundation of all scientific progress."

"Education's purpose is to make thinking more efficient and more profound."

"Patience in science is not passivity; it's disciplined persistence."

"Beauty reveals underlying order that mathematics can describe."

"Death reminds us that every moment of consciousness is a gift."

"Perseverance is the trait that separates discoveries from dead ends."

"Gratitude for mentors should be expressed through mentoring others."

"The brain is a three-pound universe."

"You're not going to understand the brain just by looking at it."

"Consciousness is not a mystery, it's a problem to be solved."

"The important thing is to realize that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded."

"Life is a process, not a thing."

"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."

"The DNA molecule is a message written in a chemical code."

"We should abandon the idea that the brain works like a computer."

"The evolution of Homo sapiens has essentially stopped."

"A theory that you can't explain to an eight-year-old is probably not much of a theory."

"You're a collection of chemicals held together by electrical forces."

"If you want to understand life, you must think like a chemist."

"The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry."

"Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved."

"The existence of God is a reasonable hypothesis."