Altruism Quote by B. F. Skinner

Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that's crystal-clear.

— Richard Dawkins

The family we choose for ourselves is more important than the one we were born into; that people have to earn our respect and…

— Charles de Lint

Granted, we may try to help our own family members because they share our DNA. Or help someone else in expectation that they will…

— Richard Dawkins

Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatures because of the advantage they confer for…

— Lewis Thomas

People who criticize The Selfish Gene like that often haven't read it. The selfish gene accounts for altruism toward kin and individuals who might…

— Richard Dawkins

Genetics help to some degree, but the most important thing is the mind and the spirit. These two are even more powerful than physical…

— Serge Nubret

One of the great issues in biology is the origin of altruism - of why you would do something for someone else that could…

— Isabella Rossellini

Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.

— Ben Harper

A gene might be able to assist replicas of itself that are sitting in other bodies. If so, this would appear as individual altruism…

— Richard Dawkins

Just as computer technology and the Internet created whole new industries and extraordinary benefits for people that extend into almost every realm of human…

— Anne Wojcicki

“Perhaps the most legitimately dispiriting thing about reciprocal altruism is that it is a misnomer. Whereas with kin selection the "goal" of our genes…

— Robert Wright

I've got great genetics from parents, and I'm not moaning that I have such a hard life. Trust me; it's worked out so much…

— Channing Tatum