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Embryo Quotes

Reflections on early life, biology, and human origin

These quotes examine the embryo as both a scientific term and a symbol of the earliest stage of human information and identity. Some connect naturally to discussions of embryonic development.

Now, an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but, in fact, the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person.

Quotes by Todd Akin

Now an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but in fact the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person. All you add is food and climate control, and some time, and the embryo becomes you...

Quotes by Todd Akin

In fighting nature, man can win every battle except the last. If he should win that too, he will perish, like an embryo cutting its own umbilical cord.

Quotes by Thor Heyerdahl

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

Quotes by Samuel Butler

Embryonic Quotes

From the beginning, each human embryo has its own unique genetic identity.

Quotes by Robert Casey

People forget we come from an embryo and we're part sperm and part ovary. We have both sides in us.

Quotes by Michelle Rodriguez

All of us from fertile egg to embryo to corpse, are exactly that: warm, wet, furry animals compelled by the sexuality of our forefathers and foremothers to be, either directly or indirectly, our own exciting and excitable, provocative and provocable...

Quotes by Lynn Margulis

The earliest period at which I have been able to detect the existence of the spleen in the human embryo is at the second month.

Quotes by Henry Gray

I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is the moral equivalent of a hangnail and deserves no more respect than an appendix.

Quotes by Charles Krauthammer

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspective do these embryo quotes take?
They mostly describe the embryo scientifically, as containing the unique information that defines a person from early development.
Do the quotes get into political debate?
No, the sample quotes stay focused on scientific description rather than political or policy arguments.
Is there a philosophical quote in this collection?
Yes, one compares a person separating from nature to an embryo cutting its own umbilical cord, a reflective metaphor.
Do any quotes mention biological origins broadly?
Yes, one notes that everyone originates from an embryo formed from both sperm and ovary, tying biology to identity.
What other quotes relate to this scientific topic?
Browse our Embryonic Quotes collection for more sayings connected to early human development.

Others reflect philosophically on nature and self-creation, comparing growth to an embryo severing its own vital connection. Each quote treats the topic thoughtfully, staying clear of the wider embryos policy debate.