“Elizabeth II is a direct descendant of William the Conqueror. Yet it is quite probable that she bares not a single one of the old king's genes.”

— Richard Dawkins, book The Selfish Gene

Source: The Selfish Gene (1976, 1989), Ch. 11. Memes: the new replicators

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English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author 1941

Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919–1988) American diplomat

As quoted in The Observer [London] (3 July 1977)

“However, as one or another of the philosophers has probably noted ere now, the morning was not quite over yet.”

Lin Carter book Kesrick

Source: Kesrick (1982), Chapter 13, “Wed and Widowed” (p. 86)

“The king who is situated anywhere immediately on the circumference of the conqueror's territory is termed the enemy.
The king who is likewise situated close to the enemy, but separated from the conqueror only by the enemy, is termed the friend”

Chanakya book Arthashastra

of the conqueror
Book VI, "The Source of Sovereign States"
Arthashastra

“Playing Elizabeth Taylor was probably the hardest job I’ve ever done.”

Sherilyn Fenn (1965) American actress

Sherilyn Fenn, quoted in "Fenn & Now", by Dennis Hensley. Movieline (USA). June 1999. p. 54-59.
on portraying Elizabeth Taylor in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story.

“[The computer is also the direct descendant of the telegraph as it enables one… to] "transmit information without transporting material"”

J. C. R. Licklider Libraries of the future

Source: Libraries of the future, 1965, p. 6 as cited in: Rodney James Giblett (2008) Sublime communication technologies. p. 175.

“We were all keen since the beginning, starting with the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah II, who was aware of the importance of this work for decision makers, to ensure that the census would proceed according to its plan”

Abdullah Ensour (1939) prime minister of Jordan

Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Monday attended a conference to launch the official results of the 2015 national population and housing census, quoted on Petra.gov, "PM attends conference to launch official results of national census" http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?lang=2&site_id=1&NewsID=239314&CatID=13, February 22, 2016.

“Just as no one is quite so stupid as to nullify biology completely, so too does no one deny some flexibility in the translation of genes into complex behaviors.”

Stephen Jay Gould book An Urchin in the Storm

Source: An Urchin in the Storm (1987) "Nurturing Nature", p. 152