双螺旋

如果不能清醒地人知道下面这一点，那么你就不可能成为一个成功的科学家：与媒体和那些科学家母亲所说的截然不同，相当多的科学家不仅器量狭小，而且反应迟缓，甚至是愚人一个。

与报界和科学家的母亲所支持的一般观念相反，相当多的科学家不仅器量小、反应慢，而且简直是愚蠢的。如果没有认识到这一点，你就不能成为一个成功的科学家。

在没有排除答案是简单的这种可能性之前，就担心问题很复杂，那是非常愚蠢的。

沃森把值得做的事做得十分出色，如果事情根本不值得做，也就不值得做好

At that time he was thirty-five, yet almost totally unknown. Although some of his colleagues realized the value of his quick, penetrating mind and frequently sought his advice, he was often not appreciated, and most people thought he talked too much.

On two occasions the corridor outside his office was flooded with water pouring out of a laboratory in which Crick was working. Francis, with his interested in theory, had neglected to fasten securely the rubber tubing around his suction pump.