Biology Quote by Ernst Mayr

Most of them are doomed to rapid extinction, but a few may make evolutionary inventions, such as physiological, ecological, or behavioral innovations that give…

— Ernst Mayr

“Truly, Buffon was the father of all thought in natural history in the second half of the 18th century.”

— Ernst Mayr

When the human body is put under exceptional strain, a range of dormant genes in the DNA are expressed and extraordinary physiological processes are…

— K. Anders Ericsson

Beauty is a physiological reaction. Beauty is not an object.

— Peter Schjeldahl

A good deal of our politics is physiological.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Physiological psychology is, therefore, first of all psychology.

— Wilhelm Wundt

The living cell almost always contains, locked in its interior, the visible or invisible products of its physiological activity or its nourishment.

— Albrecht Kossel

We are intelligent atoms. We are intelligent organic structures. We can change who we are. We can heal ourselves. With genetic engineering, we are…

— Frederick Lenz

Physiology, in its analysis of the physiological functions of the sense organs, must use the results of subjective observation of sensations; and psychology, in…

— Wilhelm Wundt

Nine-tenths of the appeal of pornography is due to the indecent feelings concerning sex which moralists inculcate in the young; the other tenth is…

— Bertrand Russell

The patterns of activity of neurons in sensory areas can be altered by patterns of attention. Experience coupled with attention leads to physical changes…

— Michael Merzenich

The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by the very…

— Richard Owen