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Genetically modified foods are good. -- James D. Watson
Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment. -- Ramez Naam
Genetically, I'm pure Greek. Psychologically, environmentally, culturally, by choice, I'm a member of the black community. -- Johnny Otis
Genetically modified foods are really just better crops. They're more nutritious. They're more resistant to drought, pests, and that sort of thing. -- Joseph Rago
There was a great deal of inbreeding between the Indians and the slaves. Genetically speaking, black people are some part black, some part European. -- Alex Haley
I think the dangers of the impact of GMOs on the environment are undebatable. Genetically modified crops are tied to the chemicals sprayed on them. -- Zoe Lister-Jones
It's important to us to see the development and growth. At the end of the day, it's our baby. Genetically it's ours. It's our embryo. We feel very connected. -- Bill Rancic
Genetically influenced behavior is not necessarily good and not necessarily unchangeable. Explanations of bad behavior that appeal to genes do not absolve a person any more than do explanations that appeal to upbringing. -- Steven Pinker
Genetically modified foods and chemical drugs. Two things that will change our consciousness as we become slaves to the world we made, not what the Divine gave us to live in this place and space called earth. -- Steven Machat
Genetically, I have tons of musical background in my life. My mother's father was a famous Weimar-era composer, Ernst Toch. My father's mother was the head of the Vienna Conservatory's piano department. It all canceled out in my case. I'm completely hopeless in music. -- Lawrence Weschler
While the demand for organic food outstrips supply, we happen to know that 77 percent of consumers don't want genetically engineered crops grown in this country. Consumers can choose whether or not to buy organic produce. Genetically modified ingredients will deny us choice in the long run. -- Prince Charles
I'm not a genetically superior person. I built my body. -- Sylvester Stallone
Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows. -- Jeremy Rifkin
If food is labeled, some people might choose to eat stuff that's genetically modified. They might decide they love it. But give us a choice. -- Ziggy Marley
In the future, I can imagine that we will genetically modify ourselves using the genes that have doubled our life span since we were chimpanzees. -- Michio Kaku
Coral is a very beautiful and unusual animal. Each coral head consists of thousand of individual polyps. These polyps are continually budding and branching into genetically identical neighbors. -- Antony Garrett Lisi
I'm very genetically blessed; I cannot deny it, but I work hard at keeping myself together. Yes, I have nice cheekbones and skinny legs, but I can't take any credit for it. -- Elizabeth Banks
You have to be wired a certain way to be a professional basketball player, and the way my body grew, something happened genetically that allowed me to become a lot more explosive. -- Jeremy Lin
I can wear a baseball cap; I am entitled to wear a baseball cap. I am genetically pre-disposed to wear a baseball cap, whereas most English people look wrong in a baseball cap. -- Bill Bryson
Music has shaped men's fashion, and transposed in a playful and witty manner its riding or military heritage. It is difficult to figure out who leads, but music and fashion are connected genetically. -- Hedi Slimane
Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of. -- Stephen Hawking
By themselves, genetically engineered crops will not end hunger or improve health or bolster the economies of struggling countries. They won't save the sight of millions or fortify their bones. But they will certainly help. -- Michael Specter
The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views? -- E. O. Wilson
Fairness forces you - even when you're writing a piece highly critical of, say, genetically modified food, as I have done - to make sure you represent the other side as extensively and as accurately as you possibly can. -- Michael Pollan
Some forms of motor neuron disease are genetically linked, but I have no indication that my kind is. No other member of my family has had it. But I would be in favour of abortion if there was a high risk. -- Stephen Hawking
All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isn't whether our food has been modified, but how. -- Michael Specter
Soul development depends on attachment and bonding. Every brain and body is genetically wired to develop itself, but the full soul development of brain and body depends on each child receiving the care of between two and five completely bonded caregivers. -- Michael Gurian
The fact that I have a risk genetically for Alzheimer's and blindness is not great news. But the reality is that any one of us will have dozens of these risks, and what we have to learn is how to deal with them. -- Craig Venter
Here at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, we have genetically rearranged various viruses and bacteria as part of our medical research. In fact, we have been able to create entirely new types of DNA molecules by splicing together the genetic information from different organisms - recombinant DNA. -- James D. Watson
It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a child into your life who is not genetically yours is one of the most beautiful things you can do. But I'm also interested in having my own baby, too. -- Tyra Banks
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. -- Nina Fedoroff
When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe. -- M. Night Shyamalan
We have 200 trillion cells, and the outcome of each of them is almost 100 percent genetically determined. And that's what our experiment with the first synthetic genome proves, at least in the case of really simple bacteria. It's the interactions of all those separate genetic units that give us the physiology that we see. -- Craig Venter
There's almost no food that isn't genetically modified. Genetic modification is the basis of all evolution. Things change because our planet is subjected to a lot of radiation, which causes DNA damage, which gets repaired, but results in mutations, which create a ready mixture of plants that people can choose from to improve agriculture. -- Nina Fedoroff
I did not want to raise a genetically compromised child. I did not want my children to have to contend with the massive diversion of parental attention, and the consequences of being compelled to care for their brother after I died. I wanted a genetically perfect baby, and because that was something I could control, I chose to end his life. -- Ayelet Waldman
Some people are genetically programmed to be difficult. -- Bruce Kent
I'm genetically programmed to be a terrible person. -- Rainbow Rowell
People, even genetically damaged people, make choices. That's what matters.' -- Veronica Roth
What if the genetically superior male is actually a bit of a dickhead? -- Joanna Noelle Levesque
My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere. -- Nicolas Cage
Resting metabolic rate is largely genetically determined, but our calorie intake has an effect as well. -- Joel Fuhrman
Regardless of what we look like on the outside, genetically, on the inside, everyone is an African. -- Donald Johanson
Homosexuality is genetically hardwired but race and gender are only ideas. OK. Just trying to keep up. -- Jim Goad
Of course we're all programmed genetically to some extent. But the "selfish gene" thesis doesn't explain everything. -- Jane Goodall
Instead of a motorcycle, why not ride a custom-engineered unicorn? The unicorn could be genetically grown like corn. -- Jarod Kintz
Felipe and I, as we discover to our delight, are a perfectly matched, genetically engineered belly-to-belly success story. -- Elizabeth Gilbert
The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do - communicating through symbols. -- James Woods
Yes, he is a man, so genetically he's engineered to be dense about many things, but he's not stupid. -- Katie MacAlister
Women aren't physically afraid of men; women are genetically afraid of men. It's happened for such a long time. -- Eileen Myles
It may be that our cosmic curiosity... is a genetically-encoded force that we illuminate when we look up and wonder. -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
Don't eat processed food, refined food but rather organic food from the earth - nothing with genetically - modified ingredients. -- Deepak Chopra
Cats never feel threatened. They are genetically incapable of accepting that anyone could possibly dislike anything as perfect as a cat. -- Kathy Young
The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically, setting us apart from the rest of life. -- Lewis Thomas
Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church. Granny drank strychnine. I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking. -- Wesley Strick
We need to demand that our food is labeled, especially genetically modified foods, and learn how it is produced, processed, and grown. -- Daphne Oz
It's possible to overlook character flaws of in-laws for the simple reason that you feel neither responsible for them nor genetically implicated. -- Richard Russo
We are programmed; we are literally programmed genetically and then we are programmed environmentally and most people never break out of that programming. -- Bob Proctor
Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program. -- Richard Dawkins
The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms. -- Jeremy Rifkin
...congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it were, of genetically undesirable maleness. -- Elizabeth Gould Davis
In terms of the short-term objective [halving world hunger by 2015], the position I have always taken is that we don't need genetically modified organisms. -- Jacques Diouf
The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled "genetically engineered," the public will shy away and won't take them. -- Jeremy Rifkin
The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled 'genetically engineered', the public will shy away and won't take them. -- Jeremy Rifkin
People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form? -- Anne McCaffrey
Women have millions of years of genetically-enc oded intelligences, intuitions, capacities, knowledges, powers, and cellular knowings of exactly what to do with the infant. -- Joseph Chilton Pearce
We are all 99.9 percent genetically equal. It is one one-hundredth of one percent of genetic material that makes the difference between any one of us. -- Barry Schuler
To all those who have drawn the inference from my words that Africa, as a continent, is somehow genetically inferior, I can only apologise unreservedly. -- James D. Watson
But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses. -- Steven Pinker
I do not have a genetically "gifted" body. I have to work hard everyday and I am always working on maintaining a positive self image. -- Kim Lyons
When you eat pure food that isn't genetically modified, your physical and mental state does improve and it's worth the effort to make that happen. -- Laura Prepon
A Christian understanding of the world sees a child's character not as genetically determined but as shaped to a significant degree by parental discipleship and discipline. -- Russell D. Moore
Christian Bale has a kind of genetically engineered handsomeness that's perfect for [John Preston]. He's also a better actor than he ever gets credit for being. -- Richard Roeper
Practically every food you buy in a store for consumption by humans is genetically modified food. There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There's no wild cows. -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
Maybe I'm genetically more inclined to music - but the music I make is so far removed from Indian classical music. I grew up in Texas! -- Norah Jones
Simply because my people are hungry, that is no justification to give them poison, to give them genetically modified food that is intrinsically dangerous to their health. -- Levy Mwanawasa
While it might seem that anyone can be a value investor, the essential characteristics of this type of investor-patience, discipline, and risk aversion-may well be genetically determined. -- Seth Klarman
Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre when the opportunity presents itself. -- J. Michael Straczynski
Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that you are genetically gifted at it. -- Barbara Sher
Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops. -- Jeremy Rifkin
Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops." -- Jeremy Rifkin
Some of the most rewarding times my brothers and I have are when all of us get together, and we can see what we've been building genetically and culturally. -- Jeffrey Kluger
The first thing I'd say to women is put aside the guilt. I think we're all genetically programmed to feel guilty for not giving total effort at the job. -- Indra Nooyi
Man is a hybrid. From a lower order we have been genetically manipulated by advanced intelligences into what we are. Now that in itself is dynamite for god's sake. -- Robert Dean
The battle rages eternal, though the race, religion, gender or sexual orientation of those discriminated against changes regularly. Maybe man's need for a scapegoat is genetically programmed into him. -- Josh Lanyon
I'm terrified that I'm genetically predisposed to only having boys. That's frightening. By the time I was 10 years old, and I'm not exaggerating, I knew how to patch drywall. -- Ryan Reynolds
Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn't make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does. -- Jeremy Rifkin
Marx's early manuscripts, with their roots in the Enlightenment and Romanticism, derived fundamental concepts such as alienation from a conception of human nature - what we would call genetically determined. -- Noam Chomsky
Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of states in the U.S. -- Zac Goldsmith
'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu. -- M. Night Shyamalan
The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu. -- M. Night Shyamalan
Many genetically "altered" fish escape from the confines of the crowded floating concentration camps to mingle and mate with their wild fish cousins, causing horrible and irreversible damage to wild species. -- Sharon Gannon
Over the next ten years, I predict, the mainstream of the environmental movement will reverse its opinion and activism in four major areas: population growth, urbaninzation, genetically engineered organisms, and nuclear power. -- Stewart Brand
Within the modeling industry, there's no doubt that there are some girls out there that are too thin. But there are also girls who are genetically slim and can eat like a horse. -- Nigel Barker
I don't dislike him, but he's too perfect. You know what I mean? Like he was genetically engineered in a lab. Imperfections make a person more attractive, give them character, don't you think? -- Lou Harper
Music has shaped men's fashion and transposed in a playful and witty manner its riding or military heritage. It is difficult to figure out who leads but music and fashion are connected genetically. -- Hedi Slimane
In 49 countries around the world, including all of Europe, people have the opportunity of knowing whether or not they are eating food which contains genetically engineered ingredients. In the United States, we don't. -- Bernie Sanders
Knowing what your parents have gives you hints of things, but your genome is a totally unique combination of and interchange of DNA from your parents. There is no one else like you genetically. -- Craig Venter
California's Proposition 37, which would require that genetically modified (G.M.) foods carry a label, has the potential to do just that - to change the politics of food not just in California but nationally too. -- Michael Pollan
To summarize, the particular song a male sings, and the behavioral responses of females to song and morphological signals, are not genetically inherited in a fixed manner but are determined by learning early in life. -- Peter R. Grant
Meanwhile, the chemical industry has mounted an aggressive campaign to discredit organic food. And without the knowledge or consent of most Americans, two-thirds of the products on our supermarket shelves now contain genetically engineered ingredients. -- John Robbins

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