Genetic Quotes

317 Genetic quotes by 241 unique authors

Fang snorted in disbelief. "On one hand, we have a mythical nice family that wants to adopt me. On the other, we have a gang… — James Patterson
Do you realize that there is nothing in our genes that tells us when to die? There are genetic codes that tell us how to… — Jillian Michaels
But ultimately I do not believe that she was only matter. The rest of her must be recycled, too. I believe now that we are… — John Green
Luke moved as silently as fog, while Maryse's heels sounded like gunshots on the marble floor. Clary wondered if Isabelle's propensity for unsuitable footwear was… — Cassandra Clare
Do you think we enjoy hearing about your brand-new million-dollar home when we can barely afford to eat Kraft Dinner sandwiches in our own grimy… — Douglas Coupland
They hadn’t counted on the highly controlled jabberjay having the brains to adapt to the wild, to pass on its genetic code, to thrive in… — Suzanne Collins
I swear if that's a pair of demon horns digging into my belly and stabbing me right now, Ash, I'm going to beat you after… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
You would think, wouldn’t you, that if you were the child of a happy marriage, then you ought to have a better than average marriage… — Julian Barnes
When you plant a fertile meme in my mind you literally parasitize my brain, turning it into a vehicle for the meme's propagation in just… — Richard Dawkins
Simple determinism, whether of the genetic or environmental kind, is a depressing prospect for those with a fondness for free will. — Matt Ridley
Now what other evil powers do you have that I should know about?” – Abigail “I can roll my tongue.” – Sundown “I’m serious, Jess.”… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Especially with four insanely angry, sword-carrying pirates bearing down on you, followed closely by an alien with a genetic malfunction that posed like Elvis Presley… — Ridley Pearson
Why aren't crazy people content to take over, like, one town? It always has to be the whole word. They can't just control maybe twenty… — James Patterson
Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life's quest of delivering… — Bill Bryson
If I had to define a major depression in a single sentence, I would describe it as a "genetic/neurochemical disorder requiring a strong environmental trigger… — Robert M. Sapolsky
It was the combination of many factors... With most people, suicide is like Russian roulette. Only one chamber has a bullet. With the Lisbon girls,… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Where are the dogs?" I asked. "At training," he said. "I have a friend who's an expert dog trainer, and he's giving them some stealth… — Richelle Mead
Vampires smiled for many reasons, but when a vampire male smiled at you from this distance with that kind of look in his eyes it… — Ilona Andrews
He is annoyed with their lack of interest, their blithe ignorance of the arbitrary genetic lottery that has granted them their privileged lives. — Khaled Hosseini
Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had… — James D. Watson
By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation, those of the politician, the salesman, or the charlatan.… — Joseph Brodsky
Some evolutionists will protest that we are caricaturing their view of adaptation. After all, do they not admit genetic drift, allometry, and a variety of… — Stephen Jay Gould
Biology is a science of three dimensions. The first is the study of each species across all levels of biological organization, molecule to cell to… — E. O. Wilson
The neutral zone of selective advantage in the neighbourhood of zero is thus so narrow that changes in the environment, and in the genetic constitution… — Ronald Fisher
To be anthropocentric is to remain unaware of the limits of human nature, the significance of biological processes underlying human behavior, and the deeper meaning… — E. O. Wilson

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