Wilmut Quotes & Sayings

I'm learning how to drown out the constant noise that is such an inseparable part of my life. I don't have to prove anything to anyone, I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world. — Beyonce Knowles

We need to move away from crass, consumption-driven materialism by de-materialising status — Jonathon Porritt

Any kind of manipulation with human embryos should be prohibited. — Ian Wilmut

Truth is one, though
the sages
know it as many .
God is one, though
different
religions
approach
Him differently
Call Him Shiva, Vishnu, Allah, Jesus
or any other form of God that you believe
in .
Our paths may be different.
Our destination
is the same. — Amish Tripathi

I guess I'm getting older. I hate to say it, but I guess I am. — CC Sabathia

Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, are your own nature reflected in them. As the Prophet said, "The faithful are mirrors to one another." MATHNAWI I, 1319, 1328 — Rumi

Upon my word," thought Mrs. Fisher, "the way one pretty face can turn a delightful man into an idiot is past all patience. — Elizabeth Von Arnim

I see nothing wrong ethically with the idea of correcting single gene defects through genetic engineering. But I am concerned about any other kind of intervention, for anything else would be an experiment, which would impose our will on future generations and take unreasonable chances with their welfare ... Thus such intervention is beyond the scope of consideration. — Ian Wilmut

We are ready to say that we rule the entire Elgin enterprise as irrelevant to the present. — Melina Mercouri

It is difficult to imagine a greater imposition than adding genes to future generations that changes the nature of future people. — Ian Wilmut

Violet: "You're an asshole."
Onyx: "Thank you, it's something that took an eternity to perfect. — Jessica Shirvington

The pressures for human cloning are powerful; but, although it seems likely that somebody, at some time, will attempt it, we need not assume that it will ever become a common or significant feature of human life. — Ian Wilmut

I think the initial reason why I became interested in farming is that I wanted to be outdoors. I've always enjoyed being outdoors. And so, I looked around and when I was at high school, probably 14 or so, my parents through friends arranged for me to be able to go work on farms on the weekend. — Ian Wilmut

Happiness Is With You And Happiness Is Ahead, Just Keep Walking Along ... — Muhammad Imran Hasan

It is not possible to think of a way of screening out effectively the most appropriate embryos, and hence, what we should expect would be late abortions
either occurring spontaneously or being induced deliberately in the second or third trimester of pregnancy
in order to prevent the birth of abnormal children. — Ian Wilmut

What politicians do not understand is that [Ian] Wilmut discovered not so much a technical trick as a new law of nature. We now know that an adult mammalian cell can fire up all the dormant genetic instructions that shut down as it divides and specializes and ages, and thus can become a source of new life. You can outlaw technique; you cannot repeal biology.
Writing after Wilmut's successful cloning of the sheep, Dolly, that research on the cloning of human beings cannot be suppressed. — Charles Krauthammer

Marriage is not difficult ... It's dealing with the other person that makes it difficult ... — K.j. Force

Over the past ten years, I've processed a lot. I'm still processing. And there is more to be done. But I'm very proud of the person I am today. I'm proud to be gay. I'm proud to be a reckless optimist. I'm proud to keep learning and sharing what I've learned. I'm proud to be a work in progress. — Hannah Hart