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Genes Quotes

What we inherit, and how it shapes us.

These genes quotes mix scientific perspective on evolution and genetics with personal appreciation for good genes passed down from parents. Explore more in our Dad quotes.

If there's a seminal discovery in oncology in the last 20 years, it's that idea that cancer genes are often mutated versions of normal genes.

Quotes by Siddhartha Mukherjee

There are many ways in which genes influence the brain.

Quotes by Sebastian Seung

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

Quotes by Peter R. Grant

As humans, we have evolved to compete... it is in our genes, and we love to watch a competition.

Quotes by Peter Diamandis

Able Quotes

In the last century, as we learned more about genes, we were able to devise ways of accelerating evolution.

Quotes by Nina Fedoroff

It used to be thought that our genes were historically immutable and that it was not possible to imagine a conversation between culture and genetics.

Quotes by Nicholas A. Christakis

We are fashioned not by our genes, but by our environment - by the family and socio-historic conditions in which we evolve.

Quotes by Michel Onfray

I wasn't blessed with those tall genes.

Quotes by Matt LaFleur

My genes are such that I've always been relatively in shape.

Quotes by Mark Strong

Always Quotes

Though women are no longer barred from university laboratories and scientific societies, the idea that they are innately less suited to mathematical science is deeply ingrained in our cultural genes.

Quotes by Margaret Wertheim

The urgency to mate persists in all people as in all other mammals because of the evolutionary drive to continue the species, the inborn imperative for genes to reproduce and hormonal differences that evolved over millions of years.

Quotes by Lynn Margulis

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

Quotes by Linda Fiorentino

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.

Quotes by Lewis Thomas

Genes are natural resources.

Quotes by Leroy Hood

Brain Quotes

I have good genes, and I also do lots of exercises.

Quotes by Leroy Hood

I'm lucky. I've got pretty good genes.

Quotes by Kate Walsh

I'm really, really lucky. I was given my dad's good genes.

Quotes by Josh Brolin

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

Quotes by Jonathan Katz

In any complex organism, brain formation and function must be controlled in part by genes.

Quotes by Jeffrey C. Hall

Dad Quotes

I give credit for my fitness to my good genes.

Quotes by Jeetendra

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this topic take a scientific view of genes?
Yes, one quote discusses how understanding genes helped accelerate evolution, and another notes genes were once thought historically unchangeable.
Is the culture versus genetics debate mentioned?
Yes, one quote reflects on how it was once hard to imagine culture and genetics being in conversation with each other at all.
Do any quotes credit genes for personal traits?
Two quotes credit good genes, one specifically thanking a parent for passing them down.
Is this topic more scientific or personal in tone?
It's a mix, some quotes take an academic view of genetics while others speak casually about lucky inherited traits.
How does this topic connect to Dad quotes?
Genes quotes touch on inheritance from a parent, and our Dad quotes explore that relationship more broadly.

From debates about culture versus genetics to simple gratitude for good luck, this topic covers inheritance from more than one angle. See our Able quotes for related themes.