Inherited Quotes

298 quotes by 269 authors

Communications technology changes possibilities for communication, but that doesn't mean it changes the inherited structure of the brain. So you may think that you're addicted… — Margaret Atwood
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. — Marcus Aurelius
Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul. — Henry Ward Beecher
I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security… — Carol Moseley Braun
My ancestors were fighters, something I have inherited. — Eric Cantona
Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those… — Yasser Arafat
If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother. — Booker T. Washington
I believe that the school is primarily a social institution. Education being a social process, the school is simply that form of community life in… — John Dewey
When you're a self-made man you start very early in life. In my case it was at nine years old when I started bringing income… — Kirk Kerkorian
May we not suspect that the vague but very real fears of children, which are quite independent of experience, are the inherited effects of real… — Charles Darwin
You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior. — Katie Couric
Old age takes away from us what we have inherited and gives us what we have earned. — Gerald Brenan
Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or… — Helen Gahagan Douglas
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they… — Ronald Reagan
The greatest obstacle to progress is not man's inherited pugnacity, but his incorrigible tendency to parasitism. — William Ralph Inge
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit.… — Albert Schweitzer
The ability to be cool, confident, and decisive in crisis is not an inherited characteristic but is the direct result of how well the individual… — Richard M. Nixon
Who can explain the secret pathos of Nature's loveliness? It is a touch of melancholy inherited from our mother Eve. It is an unconscious memory… — Henry Van Dyke
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit.… — Albert Schweitzer
In the course of individual development, inherited characters appear, in general, earlier than adaptive ones, and the earlier a certain character appears in ontogeny, the… — Ernst Haeckel

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