Genes Quotes

475 Genes quotes by 363 unique authors

Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persistence of one's own genes in the generations to follow. — Lewis Thomas
I think that there's got to be a comic gene in some way, but it's so much about it is how you grow up. — Marlo Thomas
I've always had an innate ability to dance, but I'm not as spiffy as those cinema legends like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. — John Travolta
The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined. — E. O. Wilson
Man is a competitive creature, and the seeds of conflict are built deep into our genes. We fought each other on the savannah and only… — Robert Winston
You can now modify the genes of large animals, and the largest animal we are concerned with is the human. — Robert Winston
Now we have technology where we can modify the genomics of individuals by gene transfer and genetic meddling, we may find that people will want… — Robert Winston
While nobody has identified any gene for religion, there are certainly some candidate genes that may influence human personality and confer a tendency to religious… — Robert Winston
I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants,… — Catherine Zeta-Jones
Looking out over the port of Dover, with the endless steam of boats coming in and out, every British citizen is reminded that belonging here… — Julian Baggini
I am a goofy person, really. That's where my energy goes, that's how I live my life. The goof gene is very strong inside me,… — Devon Bostick
I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the skills of a… — Michael Eric Dyson
Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile. — Chris Hardwick
I do not have a bride gene. I haven't been planning a wedding since I was 3. I never put a sheet on my head… — Niecy Nash
i learned that predators don't intentionally choose the weak or old or sick. they kill what they can, which means the slow members of the… — Craig Clevenger
I am the drying meadow; you the unspoken apology; he is the fluctuating distance between mother and son; she is the first gesture that creates… — Aimee Bender
On any given day, something claims our attention. Anything at all, inconsequential things. A rosebud, a misplaced hat, that sweater we liked as a child,… — Haruki Murakami
I think there was always some scrawny dreamer sitting at the edge of the firelight, who had the ability to imagine dangers, to look into… — Christopher Moore
Gene, on the desire to be Finny: "I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must… — John Knowles
Gene police! You! Out of the pool, now! — Charles Stross

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