Both of these branches of evolutionary science, are, in my opinion, in the closest causal connection; this arises from the reciprocal action… — Ernst Haeckel Copy Share Image
Individuals and societies are not helpless victims of heredity. We have the power to change - not by looking "down" to nature… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
...one doubts existence of free will [because] every action determined by heredity, constitution, example of others or teaching of others." "This view… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a… — George Kennedy Copy Share Image
“And so,' smiled the Witcher, 'I have no choice? I have to enter into a pact with you, a pact which should… — Andrzej Sapkowski Copy Share Image
It is one of the many merits of this admirable biography of Proust's mother that it invites one to return to the… — Allan Massie Copy Share Image
Depression is about anger, it's about anxiety, it's about character and heredity. But it is also about something that is in its… — Tim Lott Copy Share Image
And, I think: I am but one more drop in the great sea of matter, defined, with the ability to realize my… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
“Out of all of the sects in the world, we notice an uncanny coincidence: the overwhelming majority just happen to choose the… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Although random mutations influenced the course of evolution, their influence was mainly by loss, alteration, and refinement... Never, however, did that one… — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
The orthodox environmental theories [of heredity] have been accepted not because they have stood up under proper scientific investigations, but because they… — Arthur Jensen Copy Share Image
Religion shows a pattern of heredity which I think is similar to genetic heredity. ... There are hundreds of different religious sects,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Good heredity and environment are necessary. You cannot compare the child of a savage with the child of a civilized person. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Freedom was conditioned by man's physical body, heredity, and environment. — Kenneth Scott Latourette Copy Share Image
Neither heredity nor environment determine character. But whether we give in to or overcome the negative messages we are exposed to as… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
You are not barred from attaining greatness by heredity. No matter who or what your ancestors may have been or how unlearned… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
We live in a dancing matrix of viruses; they dart, rather like bees, from organism to organism, from plant to insect to… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Many writers claim that nearly all crime is caused by economic conditions, or in other words that poverty is practically the whole… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The advances of biology during the past 20 years have been breathtaking, particularly in cracking the mystery of heredity. Nevertheless, the greatest… — H. Bentley Glass Copy Share Image
Consciousness creates the body. Our bodies are made up of dynamic energy systems that are affected by our diets, relationships, heredity, and… — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We Americans worship the almighty dollar! Well, it is a worthier god than Heredity Privilege. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image