# I Never Thought of Stopping and I Just Hated Sleeping I Can't Imagine Having a Better Life by Barbara McClintock > "I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life." > **— Barbara McClintock**, *Oral-history recollection* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Oral-history recollection. ## Sources and Context - **Source lead requiring final verification:** [Oral-history recollection](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barbara_McClintock) — the supplied dossier points here, but exact wording, attribution, or complete source context has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary or sufficiently authoritative source. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Whole Earth|Whole Earth]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Personal Knowledge Development|Personal Knowledge Development]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life." — Barbara McClintock, Oral-history recollection https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-barbara-mcclintock-never-thought-stopping-just-hated ```