Marjory Stephenson quotes

“It seems now clear that a belief in the functional importance of all enzymes found in bacteria is possible only to those richly endowed with Faith.”
-- Marjory Stephenson

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“Perhaps bacteria may tentatively be regarded as biochemical experiments; owing to their relatively small size and rapid growth, variations must arise much more frequently than in more differentiated forms of life, and they can in addition afford to occupy more precarious positions in natural economy than larger organisms with more exacting requirements.”
-- Marjory Stephenson

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“[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the life of a household by careful scrutiny of the persons and material arriving or leaving the house; we keep accurate records of the foods and commodities left at the door and patiently examine the contents of the dust-bin and endeavour to deduce from such data the events occurring within the closed doors.”
-- Marjory Stephenson

Source : Marjory Stephenson (1939). “Bacterial metabolism”

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“In trying to evaluate Hopkins' unique contribution to biochemistry it may perhaps be said that he alone amongst his contemporaries succeeded in formulating the subject. Among others whose several achievements in their own fields may have surpassed his, no one has ever attempted to unify and correlate biochemical knowledge so as to form a comprehensible picture of the cell and its relation to life, reproduction and function.”
-- Marjory Stephenson

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“When my friends have a health concern, they call me. Ive always been a vitamin taker. I also take digestive enzymes and antioxidants, and supplements that help with the thyroid and adrenals for my time-zone changes.”

“As has repeatedly been stated, the underlying hypothesis, which in a number of cases has been supported by direct experimental evidence, is that each gene controls the production, function, and specificity of a particular enzyme.”

“At the bottom of the ocean, bacteria that are thermophilic and can survive at the steam vent heat that would otherwise produce, if fish were there, sous-vide cooked fish, nevertheless, have managed to make that a hospitable environment for them.”

“Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops.”

“They all have in common that they are bacteria caused by bowel and feces.”

“When you're in the womb, you're in a sterile environment. When you enter the birth canal and are born, you're no longer in a sterile environment. Very quickly you have bacteria living on your skin, in your nose and throat.”

Source : "Paul Offit On The Anti-Vaccine Movement". "Science Friday" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. January 7, 2011.

“Biocides, for example, are designed to kill bacteria—it's not a benign material.”

“I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there.”

“Your belief system saturates the space around you.”

“All money is a matter of belief.”