Biology Quote by Richard J. Borden

“Thus we can regard the phenomenon of reproduction as founded in the very nature of being. But we must stop there. The perpetuation of…

— Simone de Beauvoir

Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an…

— Charles Darwin

The succession of individuals, connected by reproduction and belonging to a species, makes it possible for the specific form itself to last for ages.…

— Ernst Haeckel

“A dying organism is often observed to be capable of extraordinary endurance and strength. ... When any living organism is attacked, its whole function…

— John Steinbeck

“The difference between survival and reproduction is shown with “antagonistic pleiotropy,” referring to traits that increase reproductive fitness early in life yet decrease life…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“We should not seek immortality in reproduction.”

— Richard Dawkins

“evolution is about reproduction, passing on copies of genes.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Sexual pessimism: The equation of sexual love outside the prerequisites of reproduction with death.”

— Lawrence Osborne

Reproduction is so primitive and fundamental a function of vital organisms that the mechanism by which it is assured is highly complex and not…

— Havelock Ellis

All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race has long been placed,…

— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

“Call it the Darwinian contradiction. We come down from the trees and walk upright and what do we get for it? Foot pain! Bad…

— Jonathan Rosen

To sustain longevity, you have to evolve.

— Aries Spears