Noncoding Quotes

#1. Junk DNA - or, as scientists call it nowadays, noncoding DNA - remains a mystery: No one knows how much of it is essential for life.

Sam Kean

#2. Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.

Sam Kean

#3. Mutations can arise anywhere in the genome, in gene DNA and noncoding DNA alike. But mutations to genes have bigger consequences: They can disable proteins and kill a creature.

Sam Kean

#4. The more I become decomposed, the more sick and fragile I am, the more I become an artist.

Vincent Van Gogh

#5. The Holy Spirit is the source of spiritual unity! He is the Fount of all true joy! We as missionaries need the fullness of this joy. Without it our work will be a burden to us, and we shall toil on with the hearts of slaves; and the hearts of slaves are never strong.

Griffith John

#6. Unmasking the intentions of a Satanic character: He cannot be both counselor and tyrant.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#7. Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not.

Lawrence Block

#8. The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial.

Ayn Rand

#9. Why do women always do this? Why are they so eager to blame themselves when someone treats them like sh*t? A guy would take a cheese grater to his tongue before admitting he screwed up.

Emma Chase

#10. Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.

Henry David Thoreau

#11. Jake thanked God he had a son to put to bed when he knew somewhere there was a family, right now, waiting for someone who would never come home.

Lisa Scottoline

#12. There are some styles I do not want to take credit for and usually these hairstyles are on the heads of customers who are only too happy to spread the word.

Marlin Bressi

#13. She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing a poem about it.

David Nicholls

#14. American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President.

Pierre Salinger

#15. Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

Shawn Colvin