Quotes tagged ‘genes’

“Between your rotten genes and your truly horrific upbringing, you still somehow ended up a good person.”

— Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin, Andrew Goldberg, Matthew MacDell, Andrew Rannells, imdb.com

“There's no such thing as a single "gay gene" that drives a person's sexual behavior, concludes the largest genetic study ever conducted on the issue.”

— Dennis Thompson, CBS News, cbsnews.com

“[At a Nazi concentration camp in Poland] Klaus Schmidt: [in German] Understand this, Erik...these Nazis, I'm not like them. Genes are the key, yes? But their goals? Blue eyes? Blonde hair? Pathetic. [he gives him a chocolate bar] Eat the chocolate. It's good. Want some? Erik Lehnsherr: I want to see…”

— Zack Stentz, Matthew Vaughn, Ashley Edward Miller, Jane Goldman, Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, Michael Fassbender, imdb.com

“The genome— a term coined in 1920 by the German botanist Hans Winkler and probably intended as a portmanteau of gene and chromosome— refers to the entire set of genetic instructions found inside a cell. Mostly identical from cell to cell within any given organism save for the occasional mutation, th…”

— Samuel H. Sternberg, Jennifer Doudna, amazon.com

“I'm a terrible man. It's ingrained in my genes.”

— Have Mercy, open.spotify.com

“Humans are built to move. We evolved under conditions that required daily intense physical activity, and even among individuals with lower physical potential, that hard-earned genotype is still ours today. The modern sedentary lifestyle leads to the inactivation of the genes related to physical perf…”

— Mark Rippetoe, amazon.com

“If you have a gene for celibacy, you didn’t inherit it.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com