Maria Nova Quotes & Sayings

Except for the rare cases of plastid inheritance, the inheritance of all known cofactors can be sufficiently accounted for by the presence of genes in the chromosomes. In a word the cytoplasm may be ignored genetically. — Thomas Hunt Morgan

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false. — Charles Caleb Colton

If 'god' is a metaphysical term, then it cannot be even probable that a god exists. For to say that 'God exists' is to make a metaphysical utterance which cannot be either true or false. And by the same criterion, no sentence which purports to describe the nature of a transcendent god can possess any literal significance. — A.J. Ayer

Conventional psychiatry has emphasized the genetic roots of psychosis based on the claim that twin and other studies show that schizophrenia is 80% heritable, which means that 80% of the cause is genetic. — Richard Bentall

Mistakes and regret, desease and death ... ain't recognized by mind that capable on changing them into otherwise. — Toba Beta

There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think. — Kimi Raikkonen

This was my choice, Fia. I made the right choice so you didn't have to make a wrong one. — Kiersten White