Erwin Chargaff Quotes
If you can modify a cell, it's only a short step to modifying a mouse, and if you can modify a mouse, it's only a step to modifying a higher animal, even man.Erwin Chargaff
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Most of the time, those who use animals in experiments justify that use by pointing to alleged benefits to human and animal health and the supposed necessity of using animals to obtain those benefits.
Gary L. Francione -
If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
J. M. Coetzee -
Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them.
Hal Holbrook -
We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
Saint Augustine -
Hunters and trackers learn not only to understand intellectually a bunch of facts about the animal they follow, but to feel their way into the very being of the animal.
Iain McGilchrist -
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
Samuel Butler
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I am a literary animal. For me, everything ends in literature.
Carlos Fuentes -
Entrepreneurs' willingness to innovate or just to invest - and thus create new jobs - is driven by their 'animal spirits,' as they decide whether to leap into the void.
Edmund Phelps -
Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth.
Edith Hamilton -
We have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person.
Pamela Stephenson -
It animal research is immoral even if it's essential.
Ingrid Newkirk -
'It's a little Anxious,' he said to himself, 'to be a Very Small Animal Entirely Surrounded by Water.'
A. A. Milne
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Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
Bertrand Russell -
...Wisdom says: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal; refine thy rapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety rules of art: if thou love, exceed by delicacy; and if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety therein!
Aleister Crowley -
Man is by nature a political animal.
Aristotle -
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.
Charles Lamb -
'Born Free' was the first film I ever saw. I just fell in love with the idea of people having that bond with a wild animal.
Martin Clunes -
Some people say, 'Maude Apatow is my spirit animal.' I get that a lot. They tweet it to me.
Maude Apatow
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The people who eat the most animal protein have the most heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
T. Colin Campbell -
My video game character is a bit better looking than me, actually. I don't think he has to worry about his hair getting messed up.
Lleyton Hewitt -
As a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it.
Leonard Boswell -
I always thought that, in a way, you want your Superman to be a total unknown.
Kevin Spacey -
I believe that connecting with other moms is so important; after all, we are all on this crazy journey together and no one understands what we're going through better than each other.
Ali Landry -
If you can modify a cell, it's only a short step to modifying a mouse, and if you can modify a mouse, it's only a step to modifying a higher animal, even man.
Erwin Chargaff