Ben Harper Quotes

You see people you identify with, and you take pieces of people you like and shape who you are. Like, I sound just like my dad. But that's literally my vocal chords. I can't sound like anything else... I sound like him, but I act like myself.

I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.

Genes are not destiny!

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

Your genetics load the gun. Your lifestyle pulls the trigger.

Genes can't possibly explain all of what makes us what we are.

I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.

I don't know if acting is genetic. Maybe it's environmental.

Heritability pertains to the entirety of the genome, not to a single gene.

Genetics play a huge part in who we are. But we also have free will.

One of the things that got me interested in genetics was the relationship between genes and environment. We are all dealt a certain deck of cards, but our environment can influence the outcomes.

It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it is in any animal merely statistical - not deterministic.

You're lucky if you find something that makes you feel like yourself; that's the one time that you feel like you know who you are. Most people are struggling to find that out all the time.

I've never allowed my political life, or my life as a basketball player, to define the totality of my humanity or my personality.

Everybody who really knows me knows who I am, who I'm about and what I'm about.

I think who I am on the court is who I am in person.

I am not an image. I am a human being.

Heredity proposes and development disposes.

The disappearance of your person is not your disappearance, remember; on the contrary, it is your appearance. As your person disappears, your personality falls away; your individuality, your individual arises. To have a personality is hypocrisy. To be an individual is your birthright.

I don't think it's about entertainment. I think it's about being ourselves.

Transcendence constitutes selfhood.

I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training.

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.

I think a part of being successful or trying to be successful is staying true to who you are. Be genuine.