Quotes About Genes

Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

There's a constant debate over nature or nurture - they're inseparable.

it was all your genes that made us geniuses, mom. said peter. we sure didn't get any from dad. i heard that. father said, not looking up from the news that was being displayed on the table while he ate it would've been wasted if you hadn't

I'm just saying that I...I regret that everybody else has nineteen chances, and only I am limited to a single chance for my genes to continue. Because you believe your genes would confer a great blessing upon the human race. Ram thought about this for a moment, I suppose that's what every adolescent male believes with his whole heart.

Our lives are just our genes and our upbringing. We simply act out the script that was forced upon us.

My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.

The Biology of Belief

Think about this, the people gave birth to me cannot stop hating each other enough. What does that tell you about me? Half of my genes must be fighting with other half, no wonder I am so fucking messed up.

Nature designed with a random set of genes and circumstances in which we were born. To be happy, we have to accept it and make the most of nature's design. Are you? Goals will help you do that. I must add, don't just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order.

Good health, yes, is partly genes Really though it's more about greens And other types of healthful things

The earth is not flat. The universe does not revolve around the earth. The physical world is not the only reality. Genes do not control our biology. Evolution is not random. There are many cosmic forces at work, and all of them are intelligently directed. We are not a cosmic accident. Consciousness did not evolve. Consciousness is reality. Conscious energy creates physical reality.

Genes do not code for behavior—they code for proteins and control the production of those proteins. How

renowned biologist and thinker E. O. Wilson calls the study of gene-culture coevolution "one of the great unexplored domains of science.

My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.

Asking if a particular trait is due to nature or nurture implies a false dichotomy between nature, genes, and evolution on the one side and between nurture and environment on the other. In fact, all of it is evolutionary.

If culture was not paying its way, the genes whose expression it is modifying would either go extinct or evolve to be as immune to culture as an oak tree.

nature-versus-nurture controversy.

survival of your own genes," I said.

Genes are mysterious things, still unpredictable after all of our research, flecks of humanity that can destroy lives but, just as often, can teach us to appreciate the strange wonder of our existence.

We used to say poor people had lousy genes. Then we decided that wasn't OK, but we transferred the prejudice to upbringing. We said, 'You were neglected as a child, so you'll never make it.' That's just as pernicious.

If you can make yourself symmetrical, you're sending out a sign that you've got good genes, you've got a good upbringing and therefore you'll make a good mate.

Despite having my share of ups and downs, I have always maintained good health. A large part of that is due to good genes.

Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs.

A black...gets a job with a white-owned company. He is the only black at the firm. He works hard, but he's fighting a losing battle against his genes.