John Burdon Sanderson Haldane Quotes

Man is the control experiment of heredity and environment; and since his heredity controls him, he tries to control his environment.

Freedom was conditioned by man's physical body, heredity, and environment.

So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents.

Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.

I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our parents and whatever kinds of environmental opportunities are available.

There is no escaping from the conclusion that nature prevails enormously over nurture.

Improvement in social conditions will not compensate for a bad hereditary influence.

Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select – doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.

We all grow up with inherited genes and inherited sensibilities, and they run very, very deep.

The likelihood that inborn differences are one contributor to social status does not mean that it is the only contributor.

Genes are not destiny!

Your genetics load the gun. Your lifestyle pulls the trigger.

Genes can't possibly explain all of what makes us what we are.

There's a constant debate over nature or nurture - they're inseparable.

In other words, we are interested in the anatomical and mental characteristics of men living under the same biological, geographical, and social environment, and as determined by their past.

If you talk to geneticists they are constantly finding that your genes are being switched on and off because of the environment. Genes alone do not determine an exact path in your life.

Tell people that biology and the environment cause obesity and they are offered the one thing we have to avoid: an excuse. As it is, people who see more fat people around them may themselves be more likely to gain weight.

I mean you got to thank your parents for giving you the right genes.

We are such a product of our upbringing and environment.

That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The 'situation' is the external environment. The inner environment is genes, moral history, religious training.

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.

We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us.

It's often meaningless to talk about a genetic trait without also discussing the environment in which that trait appears. Sometimes, genes don't work at all until the environment awakens them.

We cannot isolate a human being from the circumstances of his condition

One of the things that got me interested in genetics was the relationship between genes and environment. We are all dealt a certain deck of cards, but our environment can influence the outcomes.