Genes Quotes

I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin.

It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks; we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the enzymes of grasses to those of whales is in fact a family resemblance.

I mean you got to thank your parents for giving you the right genes.

And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance.

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause.

Genes that underlie the capacity to receive, use and transmit information are the evolving properties.

With our knowledge of modern-day genetics, we realize that it was possible for God to place the potential for all people throughout history into the genes of Adam and Eve when He created them.

Chicken fat, beef fat, fish fat, fried foods - these are the foods that fuel our fat genes by giving them raw materials for building body fat.

I maintain, despite the moment's evidence against the claim, that we are born and grow up with a fondness for each other, and we have genes for that. We can be talked out of it, for the genetic message is like a distant music, and some of us are hard-of-hearing. Societies are noisy affairs, drowning out the sound of ourselves and our connection.

But in most cases even the possibility that the correlations reflect shared genes is taboo.

A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won't stop insects from moving across boundaries. That's absurd.

First of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes.

But I'll tell you something: We had a big family discussion about it recently, my two sisters and I, and I pointed out that we all have the same genes as our mother and we're all susceptible to becoming alcoholics.

I try to stay in shape, I work out in the gym, take my vitamins every day, and I guess maybe I have some good genes, but lately I've been feeling it. You know, after all these years it does catch up with you. But just for now.

I would love to have children, yes. Maybe even adopt them. I'm not sure that I should pass on my genes.

At the deepest level, all living things that have ever been looked at have the same DNA code. And many of the same genes.

We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.

If half-black Barack Obama had decided years ago to call himself white - which his genes certainly entitled him to do - his story would have carried very different meaning. If millions of part-black people had followed him into whiteness, then the N.A.A.C.P. would be in true crisis.

Scientists have found the gene for shyness. They would have found it years ago, but it was hiding behind a couple of other genes.

I couldn't wait to look at someone who shared my genes. I thought my baby was going to provide a decoder key to my past. But then I looked at Pippa and realized, no, she's actually the key to my future.

I must have good genes from my parents because I feel no slowdown of energy, enthusiasm or even memory.

Somehow I have managed to delay looking old. In reality I have good genes.

Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatures because of the advantage they confer for the continuing survival of the species.

Sometimes it is claimed by those who argue that race is just a social construct that the human genome project shows that because people share roughly 99% of their genes in common, that there are no races. This is silly.

The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer.

One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they think about memes is they try to extend on the analogy with genes. That's not how it works. It works by realizing the concept of a replicator.

So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents.

While weight loss is important, what's more important is the quality of food you put in your body - food is information that quickly changes your metabolism and genes.