597 Quotes About Biology

But there is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death.

We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget.

e seres humanos que inventam flautas, escrevem poesia, acreditam eu Deus, conquistam o Planeta e o espaço em seu redor, combatem doenças para atenuar o sofrimento, mas também não hesitam em destruir outros seres humanos para seu ganho pessoal, inventam a internet, descobrem maneiras de a transformar num instrumento de progresso e de catástrofe e, ainda por cima, se interrogam sobre as bactérias, formigas, abelhas - e si próprios.

Human experience is not nest and orderly, ready to be coded into predetermined categories. Real life is messy

My genetics have been in my family for generations.

The octopuses seemed to be neither friends nor enemies, but in a state of complicated coexistence.

Unnecessary aggression is not justice or strength it is human weakness and desire.

Perhaps eggs are like neurons, which also are not replenished in adulthood: they know too much. Eggs must plan the party. Sperm need only to show up- wearing top hat and tails, of course.

Oh I believe in loving cats and dogs and children and parents – sometimes – but I don’t believe in romantic love. Of course, there’s the momentary rush of hormones and chemicals that encourages us to mate, but it’s biology – it’s no more inherently mystical than the nicotine in that cigarette you’re smoking