Nature Or Nurture Quotes

“Nature or nurture? A talent needs both.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Writer's Year: Fennel's Journal No. 3

“Nature is the boat, nurture is the hand guides it through the currents of life.”
― Stephen Tierney

“Nature is the boat, nurture is the hand guides it down the stream of life.”
― Stephen Tierney

“The debate over 'nature or nurture' has raged for two thousand years. [...]
In reality there is no debate. Most of who we are is a result of the interaction of our genes and our experiences. In some cases, the genes are more important, while in others the environment is more crucial. We tend to oversimplify because we want to identify a single cause of a particular problem, so we can pour our efforts into one 'cure'.”
― John J. Ratey, M. D.