A person's health isn't generally a reflection of genes…

We can change the expression of more than 70 percent of the genes that have a direct bearing on our health and longevity.

— David Perlmutter

There's enough evidence that variation in sexual orientation is more a function of genes than of environment and for that reason alone, it should…

— David Elkind

The regulation of genes is often more interesting than the genes themselves, and it's the environment that regulates genes.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Study a gene in only one environment and, by definition, you’ve eliminated the ability to see if it works differently in other environments (in…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Although all the characteristics of living things are dependent on both genetic and environmental factors, the differences between two individuals in their attributes may…

— John Alcock

Our experience in fooling around with the genes of mice has taught us that many of the traits that interest us are not definite…

— Gary Wolf

“In the 1970s Allan Wilson and Mary-Claire King at Berkeley correctly theorized that the evolution of genes is less important than the evolution of…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Epigenetics, Waddington wrote, concerns "the interaction of genes with their environment (...) that brings their phenotype into being.”

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

People need to realize that their thoughts are more primary than their genes, because the environment, which is influenced by our thoughts, controls the…

— Bruce H. Lipton

“The point to remember is that the issue is not nature versus nurture. It is the balance between nature and nurture. Genes do not…

— John J. Ratey

We are fashioned not by our genes, but by our environment - by the family and socio-historic conditions in which we evolve.

— Michel Onfray

“Every genetic “illness” is a mismatch between an organism’s genome and its environment. In some cases, the appropriate medical intervention to mitigate a disease…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

“as Gilbert Gottlieb, an eminent neuroscientist, put it, not only do genes and environment cooperate as we develop, but genes require input from the…

— Carol S. Dweck

Yes, genes are important for understanding our behavior. Incredibly important - after all, they code for every protein pertinent to brain function, endocrinology, etc.,…

— Robert Sapolsky

One of the surest ways of making a friend and influencing the opinion of another is to give consideration to his opinion, to let…

— Dale Carnegie