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Genes Quotes by Lewis Thomas
- It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and to be enchanted by the…
- We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection. We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is…
- It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks; we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the…
- We live in a dancing matrix of viruses; they dart, rather like bees, from organism to organism, from plant to insect to mammal to me…
- I maintain, despite the moment's evidence against the claim, that we are born and grow up with a fondness for each other, and we have…
- Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatures because of the advantage they confer for the…
- Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persistence of one's own genes in the generations to follow.
More Genes Quotes
- If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is… — David Attenborough
- On buses and trains, I always think about the inexhaustible variety of human genes. We see types, and occasionally twins, but never… — A. S. Byatt
- Character, I am sure, lies in the genes. — Taylor Caldwell
- God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will… — Orson Scott Card
- I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people… — Jackie Chan
- From a scientist's perspective, to understand everything that you need to know about human beings, you only have to tinker with all… — Deepak Chopra
- My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is… — John Cleese
- I think it's the most responsible thing you can do, to have kids. It's not something to be taken lightly. I don't… — George Clooney
- I wanted to be Gene Kelly. Well really, I just wanted to dance with Cyd Charisse. — Robin Cousins
- Of course it is a very simple matter to identify genes which might modify intelligence or memory and start thinking about whether… — Robert Winston
- I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When she giggles… — Robert Fulghum