Downshiftology Quotes & Sayings

The problem with existing biology is you change only one or two genes at a time. — Craig Venter

In 1973, I was offered a professorship at the University of California, San Diego. Although I was certainly not unhappy at Nottingham, I had been there over twenty years from starting undergraduate studies to Professor of Applied Statistics and Econometrics, and I thought that a change of scene was worth considering. — Clive Granger

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment. — Carl Jung

Getting married has shifted my focus, in such a profound way. You just realize, "Oh, I can't be so selfish anymore. There's someone else." — Jason Biggs

While Genesis borrows the science of its day, it does so in order to make its main points about Who created the world and What it is made up of--nature, human nature, supernature. Failure to distinguish between these two kinds of issues has caused people to miss the doctrine and concentrate instead on its wrappings. — Gabriel Fackre

When I discarded the idea that God was not a man (as I had been raised to think and believe without question), I grew distant, and the flame that once lit my path began to flicker and hiss like a candle burnt to its wick, making longevity impossible without a new energy source. — B.G. Bowers

So you tie men up, spank them and force them to eat your pussy. It is a shame you have to force men to do that to you. I would gladly get on my knees for you and eat that pussy like a delicious buffet. — Aubrey Morgan