A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.

Francis Crick

Amino Acid Mutation Methods

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Almost all aspects of life are engineered at the molecular level, and without understanding molecules we can only have a very sketchy understanding of life itself.

Francis Crick

Aspect Molecules Life Sketchy

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Altering a gene in the gene line to produce improved offspring is likely to be very difficult because of the danger of unwanted side effects. It would also raise obvious ethical problems.

Francis Crick

Gene Offspring Effect Obvious

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

Francis Crick

Biologists Constantly Designed Evolved

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Chance is the only source of true novelty.

Francis Crick

Chance Novelty Source Only

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I also suspect that many workers in this field [molecular biology] and related fields have been strongly motivated by the desire, rarely actually expressed, to refute vitalism.

Francis Crick

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In my experience most mathematicians are intellectually lazy and especially dislike reading experimental papers. He (RenÃ© Thom) seemed to have very strong biological intuitions but unfortunately of negative sign.

Francis Crick

Intellectually Strong Biology Lazy

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Only time and money stand between us and knowing the composition of every gene in the human genome.

Francis Crick

Gene Composition Human Genome

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Protein synthesis is a central problem for the whole of biology, and that it is in all probability closely related to gene action.

Francis Crick

Protein Biology Gene Probability

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The layman is delighted to learn that after all, in spite of science being so impossibly difficult to understand, Scientists Are Human!

Francis Crick

Layman Scientist Human Science

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

Francis Crick

Biology Physics Chemistry Fact

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There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper.

Francis Crick

Paper Tedious Difficult Form

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Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the sound it made while being dropped down a flight of stairs.

Francis Crick

Structure Piano Flight Stair

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What is found in biology is mechanisms, mechanisms built with chemical components and that are often modified by other, later, mechanisms added to the earlier ones.

Francis Crick

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And now the announcement of Watson and Crick about DNA. This is for me the real proof of the existence of God.

Francis Crick

DNA Proof God Exxstence

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While Occamâ€™s razor is a useful tool in the physical sciences, it can be a very dangerous implement in biology. It is thus very rash to use simplicity and elegance as a guide in biological research.

Francis Crick

Physical Dangerous Biology Simplicity

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While DNA could be claimed to be both simple and elegant, it must be remembered that DNA almost certainly originated fairly close to the origin of life when things were necessarily simple or they would not have got going.

Francis Crick

Life Elegant DNA Origin

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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

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Everything Excess Nature Opposed

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Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

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Healing Matter Opportunity Sometimes

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Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

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If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

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It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.

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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

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Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.

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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

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Fire Heal Medicines Will

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Best Man Medicine Walking

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Also Good Nothing Remedy

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Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.

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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.

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There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

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The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.

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A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

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Before Come Dream Dreams

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Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

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Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.

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Burn First Like Shine

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English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.

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A comparison between the triplets tentatively deduced by these methods with the changes in amino acid sequence produced by mutation shows a fair measure of agreement.

Francis Crick

Francis Crick

Altering a gene in the gene line to produce improved offspring is likely to be very difficult because of the danger of unwanted side effects. It would also raise obvious ethical problems.

Francis Crick

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

Francis Crick

Chance is the only source of true novelty.

Francis Crick

I also suspect that many workers in this field [molecular biology] and related fields have been strongly motivated by the desire, rarely actually expressed, to refute vitalism.

Francis Crick

In my experience most mathematicians are intellectually lazy and especially dislike reading experimental papers. He (RenÃ© Thom) seemed to have very strong biological intuitions but unfortunately of negative sign.

Francis Crick

Francis Crick

Protein synthesis is a central problem for the whole of biology, and that it is in all probability closely related to gene action.

Francis Crick

The layman is delighted to learn that after all, in spite of science being so impossibly difficult to understand, Scientists Are Human!

Francis Crick

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

Francis Crick

There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper.

Francis Crick

Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the sound it made while being dropped down a flight of stairs.

Francis Crick

What is found in biology is mechanisms, mechanisms built with chemical components and that are often modified by other, later, mechanisms added to the earlier ones.

Francis Crick

Francis Crick

While Occamâ€™s razor is a useful tool in the physical sciences, it can be a very dangerous implement in biology. It is thus very rash to use simplicity and elegance as a guide in biological research.

Francis Crick

While DNA could be claimed to be both simple and elegant, it must be remembered that DNA almost certainly originated fairly close to the origin of life when things were necessarily simple or they would not have got going.

Francis Crick

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

Hippocrates

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

Hippocrates

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

Hippocrates

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

Hippocrates

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

Hippocrates

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

Hippocrates

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

Hippocrates

Hippocrates

It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.

Hippocrates

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

Hippocrates

Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.

Hippocrates

What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

Hippocrates

Hippocrates

Hippocrates

Hippocrates

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.

Hippocrates

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

Hippocrates

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.

Hippocrates

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

Hippocrates

Hippocrates

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.