"Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And, although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences, the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign."

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Source : "Engineering Food for All". www.nytimes.com. August 18, 2011.

Nina Fedoroff

#Unexpected Quotes #Environment Quotes #Benign Quotes

“We need to accept that some people are camp and some people are butch. Some people are pretty and some people are average, but we all fit.”

Source : Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.
“It is said if an organization listens to the complaint of a customer and the problem is fixed, the customer remains a loyal customer and tells approximately seven others about the experience. Conversely, if a person is ignored and the problem not fixed, that customer will not deal with that organization anymore and will tell approximately twenty other people about the negative experience.”
“Finishing food is about the tiny touches. In the last seconds you can change everything.”
“I got up and walked back to my roominghouse. The moonlight was bright. My footsteps echoed in the empty street and it sounded as if somebody was following me, I looked around. I was mistaken. I was quite alone.”
“How long, I wonder, will ignorance spell purity and knowledge shame?”

Source : Rosamond Lehmann (1975). “The ballad and the source”, Harvest Books
“The Gods and Goddesses of myth, legend and fairy tale represent archetypes, real potencies and potentialities deep within the psyche, which, when allowed to flower permit us to be more fully human.”

Source : Margot Adler (2006). “Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America”, p.38, Penguin
“the metabolism of a consumer society requires it continually to eat and excrete, every day throwing itself away in plastic bags.”

Source : Shana Alexander (1976). “Talking woman”
“I find it interesting that authors of fantasy and science fiction novels are rarely asked if their books are based on their personal experiences, because all writing is based on personal experience. I may not have gone on an epic quest through a haunted forest, but the feelings in my books are often based on feelings I've had. Real-life events, in fantasy and science fiction, can take on metaphorical significance that they can't in a so-called realistic novel.”

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