John Sulston Quotes

We knew that all the protein-coding bits of genes do is to produce protein - they have to have instructions to turn them on and off. Those sequences lie well outside the protein-coding sequences, sometimes thousands, tens of thousands of bases away.

John Sulston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 27, 1942 - March 6, 2018

Topics

LieSometimesOutsideTurnGenes

The why of murder always fascinates me so much more than the how.

Ann Rule

MeWhyMoreAlwaysThanMuch

A few years ago in Chicago, I rented an office, and I went there every day. For the most part I do work at home in an ugly room.

Jeffrey Eugenides

WorkHomeDayUglyEvery DayOffice

The first piece of advice I would have from my experience is that governments need to be vocal about human rights.

Amal Clooney

ExperienceAdviceHumanFirstNeed

I have suffered from migraines since childhood and have long been curious about my own aching head, my dizziness, my divine lifting feelings, my sparklers and black holes, and my single visual hallucination of a little pink man and a pink ox on the floor of my bedroom.

Siri Hustvedt

ChildhoodManCuriousPinkBlack

Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic.

Michelle Rodriguez

TimeStrongStandDownLipstick

Well, when I was younger, I lied all the time, because once you understand the power of lying, it's really like magic because you transform reality for people.

Louis C. K.

PowerTimePeopleRealityMagicYou

I'd love to say I made the smart decision of picking projects that became hits, but with 'The Good Wife,' I read the script and something inside me said, 'I love this, I want to do this.'

Archie Panjabi

LoveGoodDecisionWifeSmartMe

When I read about how 200 people died on a polar expedition, I wonder why they didn't get to know the Inuit people who were around and presumably know something about surviving in the Arctic after living there for thousands of years. Talking to people is a survival mechanism.

Tim Cahill

PeopleTalkingSurvivalKnowLiving

Every time we watch a little story play out inside our head, we're fantasizing, whether we realize it or not, and it seems to me that, though succumbing to fantasies about other people can be dangerous or self-defeating, the act of fantasizing itself is also an essential part of being human, of being capable of both abstraction and empathy.

Kim Brooks

TimeEmpathyPeopleMeStoryPlay

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.

Kimora Lee Simmons

YourselfPeopleControlYouNever

For me, it's enough that I have the first and last word.

Jurgen Klopp

MeEnoughFirstLastWord

There's a logic to dreams that doesn't necessarily follow linear narrative. You don't know why things happen, it's your subconscious pushing you, to give you information.

Justin Theroux

DreamsLogicYouInformationKnow

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