Top 29 Quotes by Tim Hunt

About Tim Hunt

These are some quotes by British author Tim Hunt Scientist, who was born on February 19, 1943.

I certainly don't recognise myself as the horrible sexist portrayed in media reports, and I don't think the women who have worked with me throughout my career do either.

I certainly don't recognise myself as the horrible sexist portrayed in media reports, and I don't think the women who have worked with me throughout my career do either.

Tim Hunt

I was born in 1943 at Neston in the Wirral, not far from Liverpool where my father, Richard William Hunt was a lecturer in paleography, the study of mediaeval manuscripts.

I was born in 1943 at Neston in the Wirral, not far from Liverpool where my father, Richard William Hunt was a lecturer in paleography, the study of mediaeval manuscripts.

Tim Hunt

Science is about nothing but getting at the truth, and anything that gets in the way of that diminishes, in my experience, the science.

Science is about nothing but getting at the truth, and anything that gets in the way of that diminishes, in my experience, the science.

Tim Hunt

My introduction to cell cycle control was provided by a clear, scholarly and beautiful seminar given by John Gerhart one afternoon in the summer of 1979.

My introduction to cell cycle control was provided by a clear, scholarly and beautiful seminar given by John Gerhart one afternoon in the summer of 1979.

Tim Hunt

You don't want to inhibit cell division. You want to inhibit cell division in the cancer cells, and even that is not really where you want to do it. You actually want to destroy the cancer cells, which is a different matter altogether. Just stopping them isn't enough - you really want to kill them.

Tim Hunt

'Eureka' moments are very, very rare in my experience. It normally takes several weeks of experiments to tease out the truth, even when you have a really pretty good idea of what is going on.

'Eureka' moments are very, very rare in my experience. It normally takes several weeks of experiments to tease out the truth, even when you have a really pretty good idea of what is going on.

Tim Hunt

If UCL did offer to reinstate me, it would be churlish of me to refuse, but really, my work there was over.

If UCL did offer to reinstate me, it would be churlish of me to refuse, but really, my work there was over.

Tim Hunt

I did not know that I can win the Nobel Prize.

I did not know that I can win the Nobel Prize.

Tim Hunt

I think people love fundamental science.

I think people love fundamental science.

Tim Hunt

The idea was to study fertilization in as many different phyla and organisms as possible, using the simplest possible equipment and a microscope. Biochemical approaches were not much in vogue, and running gels impossible at first.

Tim Hunt

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