Heredity Quotes

66 quotes by 52 authors

When I want a peerage, I shall buy one like an honest man. — Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way… — Gloria Steinem
I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes. — Isaac Asimov
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. — Matthew McConaughey
Heredity is nothing but stored environment. — Luther Burbank
Many writers claim that nearly all crime is caused by economic conditions, or in other words that poverty is practically the whole cause of crime.… — Clarence Darrow
The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being… — Gloria Steinem
Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other. — Laurence J. Peter
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… — Lewis Thomas
Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting… — Paul Tournier
Up to a point a personâ€™s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and changes in the world about them. Then there comes a time when… — Louis L'Amour
You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity… — Dale Carnegie
And, I think: I am but one more drop in the great sea of matter, defined, with the ability to realize my existence. Of the… — Sylvia Plath
Depression is about anger, it's about anxiety, it's about character and heredity. But it is also about something that is in its way quite unique.… — Unknown Author
We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege. — Mark Twain
We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is… — John B. S. Haldane
Neither heredity nor environment determine character. But whether we give in to or overcome the negative messages we are exposed to as we wend our… — Michael Josephson
...one doubts existence of free will [because] every action determined by heredity, constitution, example of others or teaching of others." "This view should teach one… — Charles Darwin
For me, ancestry is just one thing that connects us to people, and feeling connected to other people is generally a good thing, as long… — Jeremy Hardy
Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer. — Harold E. Varmus

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