Biology Quote by Steven Pinker

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

— Francis Bacon

The rules of prudence, like the laws of the stone tables, are for the most part prohibitive. "Thou shalt not" is their characteristic formula.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?

— Berthold Auerbach

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I…

— Bible

In fact perhaps the only law in biology is that all flesh is mortal and all species become extinct eventually.

— Richard Lewontin

Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

— Bible

And the Law that once contained impossible demands -- Thou Shalt Not... -- actually becomes a promise we fulfill in you.

— William P. Young

Thou oughtest to be nice, even to Superstition, in keeping thy Promises; and therefore thou shouldst be equally cautious in making them.

— Thomas Fuller

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

— Saint Augustine

Thou shalt not kill: the four most important, and yet, most ignored words in all religious teachings. There is not an asterisk next to…

— Gary Yourofsky

“Any scripture that demands irrefutable obedience must be discarded at once.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.

— Saint Augustine