“ Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions . . . by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions. Malcolm Gladwell
“ Don't tell me from genetics. What've they got to do with it? said Crowley. Look at Satan. Created as an angel, grows up to be the Great Adversary. Hey, if you're going to go on about genetics, you mig… Terry Pratchett
“ The brain is heavily influenced by genes. But from birth through young adulthood, the part of the human brain that most defines us is less a product of the genes with which you started life than of wh… Robert M. Sapolsky
“ No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of th… Thomas Jefferson
“ The problem, of course, with the idea of nature versus nurture was that it posed a choice between determinisms. James S.A. Corey
“ While genes are pivotal in establishing some aspects of emotionality, experience plays a central role in turning genes on and off. DNA is not the heart’s destiny; the genetic lottery may determine the… Thomas Lewis
“ Day after day, more and more medications are prescribed for depression and addiction, assuming that these things run in our blood, when really they run in our patterns of awareness. Vironika Tugaleva
