"We share half our genes with the banana. [After the announcement Jun 2000 that a working draft of the genetic sequence of humans had been completed by the Human Genome Project.]"

-- Robert May, Baron May of Oxford

#Science Quotes #Half Quotes #Bananas Quotes

“The world is not threatened by evil people, but by those who allow evil to take place.”
“Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.”

Source : Abraham Cowley (1806). “The Works ... Re-edited. - London, G. Kearsley 1806”, p.261
“The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.”
“Yes folks, their gold medal looks the same as everybody elses.”
“I fully agree with all that you say on the advantages of Spencer's excellent expression of 'the survival of the fittest.' This, however, had not occurred to me till reading your letter. It is, however, a great objection to this term that it cannot be used as a substantive governing a verb; and that this is a real objection I infer from H. Spencer continually using the words, natural selection.”
“You'll be able to gain insight and reach a conclusion only by applying the powers of mind, intellect, soul, heart, spirit, and imagination. This is what 'looking at something spiritually' really means.”

Source : Rudolf Steiner (1998). “Bees”, p.92, SteinerBooks
“No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time.”
“Every word you add dilutes the sentence.”

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