Chronobiology Quotes

The way we metabolize our experience of time influences our biological clock.

The trouble with an alarm clock is that what seems sensible when you set it seems absurd when it goes off

Harmonising your biological rhythms with the rhythms of nature minimises entropy and reverses aging.

Our biological rhythms are the symphony of the cosmos.

You can get the highest quality sleep by keeping your sleep cycles in tune with the rhythms of the universe (known as circadian rhythms).

The biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other.

A functional biological clock has three components: input from the outside world to set the clock, the timekeeping mechanism itself, and genetic machinery that allows the clock to regulate expression of a variety of genes.

Life evolved under conditions of light and darkness, light and then darkness. And so plants and animals developed their own internal clocks so that they would be ready for these changes in light. These are chemical clocks, and they're found in every known being that has two or more cells and in some that only have one cell.

Biological clock? I don't even own a watch.

What would aliens say when told earthlings shift clocks twice a year to fool themselves into thinking there's more sunlight?

If you can wiggle your toes with the mere flicker of an intention, why can't you reset your biological clock?

It is easier to wiggle the toes than reset the biological clock, but that is just a belief that is rooted in superstition. If we could understand that the human body is a network of information and energy, then we would see that the same principles apply everywhere in the body.

The same biological clock ticks away in humans and fruit flies, which underscores the importance of circadian timing to life on this planet.

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour.

People used to think that biological clocks were not only mysterious, they were seen almost as miracles. This is no longer the case.