Genes Quote by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Mutants are necessary to maintain the essence of our selves. Our genomes has negotiated a fragile balance between counterpoised forces, pairing strand with opposite…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

It used to be thought that our genes were historically immutable and that it was not possible to imagine a conversation between culture and…

— Nicholas A. Christakis

“To the question of whether sharing 96% of our genetic make-up with chimps makes us 96 percent chimp; we also share about 50% of…

— Steve Jones

Fossil bones and footsteps and ruined homes are the solid facts of history, but the surest hints, the most enduring signs, lie in those…

— Jonathan Kingdon

We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills…

— Richard Dawkins

“If you think being descended from apes is bad for your self esteem, then get used to the idea that you are also descended…

— Matt Ridley

“If you want to know if your kid is going to be fast, the best genetic test right now is a stopwatch. Take him…

— David Epstein

“Ants have a powerful caste system. A colony typically contains ants that carry out radically different roles and have markedly different body structures and…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

If we manage to last in spite of everything, it is because our infirmities are so many and so contradictory that they cancel each…

— Emile M. Cioran

Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.

— John Bunyan

“Weakness with watchfulness will stand, when strength with too much confidence fails. Weakness, with acknowledgement of it, is the fittest seat and subject for…

— Richard Sibbes

The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such…

— Christopher Gadsden