Genes Quotes

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man. - Diogenes

When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we c. - John W. Gardner

What it proves is it's not completely genetic. They have the same genes. - Michael Bailey

What does gene A do? What does gene B do? What does it do in different contexts? What's its importance? We know the answer to that for a very small number of genes, the ones that made themselves evident many years ago. - David Baltimore

We've undergone a very heavy level of scrutiny by review boards because of Genesis and because of the Columbia accident. . . . It was a cultural shift in NASA, that you're now required to understand all the risks. - Don Brownlee

We've long suspected that genomic changes underlie cancer risk, but that knowledge hasn't translated yet into a broadly applicable way to identify individuals most at risk. The BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes implicated in breast and ovarian cancers are great examples, but they are applicable only to a small percentage -- less than one percent -- of women. - Andrew Feinberg

We're in a bit of a tight band right now, but that never lasts forever. We're waiting for the genesis of what will move the market either way. It absolutely can come tomorrow, but if the jobs data is benign, I would expect more of the same tomorrow. - Jim Fehrenbach