Francois Jacob quotes

François Jacob was a French biologist renowned for his pioneering work in genetics and molecular biology. His research, particularly on the regulation of gene expression in bacteria, laid foundational principles in modern biology. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking discoveries. Here are 5 of his quotes:

One of the deepest functions of a living organisms is to look ahead... to produce future.

Francois Jacob

For me, this world of questions and the provisional, this chase after an answer that was always put off to the next day, all that was euphoric. I lived in the future.

Francois Jacob

I had turned my anxiety into my profession.

Francois Jacob

The dream of every cell is to become two cells.

Francois Jacob