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
The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do – communicating through symbols. – James Woods
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
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
I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus and humans. I’m very interested in how we evolved so suddenly, which obviously ties in with the alien thing. – Al Jourgensen
I’m not particularly gifted; I’m not genetically freakish in any sense; I’m absolutely average. – Ben Saunders
My father was always getting excited about something. It’s genetically inside me somewhere. – Nicolas Cage
That we have altered the dog genetically is well understood; it is hardly known how they changed us. – Donald McCaig
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
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
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
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
Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I’m sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows. – Jeremy Rifkin
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