Emma Edmonds

“It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clicks into place. One immediately sees how many previously puzzling facts are neatly explained by the new hypothesis. One could kick oneself for not having the idea earlier, it now seems so obvious. Yet before, everything was in a fog.”
― Francis Crick, What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery

“How do I know what I think until I hear what I say?”
― Francis Crick

“Human beings... are far too prone to generalize from one instance. The technical word for this, interestingly enough, is superstition.”
― Francis Crick

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi