Genetic Quotes

317 Genetic quotes by 241 unique authors

Happiness is just another of the tricks that our genetic system plays on us to carry out its only role, which is the survival of… — Paulo Coelho
The human species took a crucial step forward when its vocal musculature came under operant control in the production of speech sounds. Indeed, it is… — B.F. Skinner
Being an artist isn't a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It's an attitude we can all adopt. It's a hunger to seize new ground,… — Seth Godin
[Pleasure is what suggested] which behaviors, emotions, social patterns and patterns of taste served us well during our evolutionary history. They were experienced as pleasures… — Lionel Tiger
The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder… — Ike Skelton
Give us detailed, testable, mechanistic accounts for the origin of life, the origin of the genetic code, the origin of ubiquitous bio macromolecules and assemblages… — William A. Dembski
Many bodybuilders sell themselves short. Erroneously attributing their lack of satisfactory progress to a poverty of the requisite genetic traits, instead of to their irrational… — Mike Mentzer
Earlier this week ... scientists announced the completion of a task that once seemed unimaginable; and that is, the deciphering of the entire DNA sequence… — Edward Kennedy
If I am a pure product of genetic, cultural, or class determination, I have no responsibility for my action in the world and, therefore, it… — Paulo Freire
No matter how much knowledge and wisdom you acquire during your life, not one jot will be passed on to your children by genetic means.… — Richard Dawkins
We are breeding creatures incapable of surviving in any place other than the most artificial settings. We have focused the awesome power of modern genetic… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man’s genetic… — Ayn Rand
Genetic engineering has never been about saving the world, it's about controlling the world. — Vandana Shiva
There will be no one like us when we are gone, but then there is no one like anyone else, ever. When people die, they… — Oliver Sacks
Unless mankind redesigns itself by changing our DNA through altering our genetic makeup, computer-genera ted robots will take over our world. — Stephen Hawking
Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for… — Stephen Hawking
A moral principle in genetic testing is that it should always be done with the consent of the individual. No one wants someone snooping into… — Arthur Caplan
Finally one should add that in spite of the great complexity of protein synthesis and in spite of the considerable technical difficulties in synthesizing polynucleotides… — Francis Crick
One can say, looking at the papers in this symposium, that the elucidation of the genetic code is indeed a great achievement. It is, in… — Francis Crick
In scientific thought, the concept functions all the better for being cut off from all background images. In its full exercise, the scientific concept is… — Gaston Bachelard
Before we start talking about genetic differences, you gotta come up with a system where there's equal opportunity, — Neil deGrasse Tyson
No conscious person can read Peter D'Adamo's works without considering much more thoughtfully how their genetic inheritance relates to their needs for specific food, lifestyle… — Jeffrey Bland
Indeed, I was unable to find any evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of a drastic evolutionary acceleration and genetic reconstruction in widespread, populous species. — Ernst Mayr
There is no permanent status quo in nature; all is the process of adjustment and readjustment, or else eventual failure. But man is the first… — Hermann Joseph Muller
It was these same families [Rothschild, Rockefeller, Harriman, Bush, etc] who funded the eugenics movement which is pledged to remove the lower genetic blood streams… — David Icke

Who Wrote These Genetic Quotes

241 authors contributed a total of 317 Genetic Quotes, led by these top contributors: