Biology Quote by B. F. Skinner

“He saw that there is a spectrum of variation between species that comes into being slowly, tiny change by tiny change. He realized that…

— Bill Nye

What is the nature of the genetic endowment? How does acquisition proceed? Etc. Scientists do routinely ask similar questions about the visual system, system…

— Noam Chomsky

We cannot understand all the traits we have inherited. Sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves.

— V. S. Naipaul

When a trait is universal, evolutionary biologists look for a genetic explanation and wonder how that gene or genes might enhance survival or reproductive…

— Robin Marantz Henig

I shall borrow two words used for a slightly different purpose by the great demographer Alfred Lotka to distinguish between the two systems of…

— Peter Medawar

“To be such a complicated, mysterious piece of biological machinery, and more amazing still, to have the capacity to analyze that machinery! That is…

— Veronica Roth

Evolution is an indispensable component of any satisfying explanation of our psychology.

— Steven Pinker

“A man is deficient in understanding until he perceives that there is a whole cycle of evolution possible within himself: repeating endlessly, offering opportunities…

— Idries Shah

The genes hold culture on a leash. The leash is very long, but inevitably values will be constrained in accordance with their effects on…

— E. O. Wilson

“GENES G raft of yourself E endowment N ew generation E volution S urvival Kamil Ali”

— Kamil Ali

“Human nature is governed by general self-interest and affected by genetic predisposition, which implies that there are likely to be limits to our moral…

— Nayef Al-Rodhan

Expectation loiters in the DNA of every sentient being; when you tell yourself or a loved one, 'Don't get your hopes up,' you're fighting…

— Martha Beck