Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings. Doug Larson
Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other. Laurence J Peter
I can’t tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring. James Macneill Whistler
Heredity is a strong factor, even in architecture. Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma. Elwyn Brooks White
All good qualities in a child are the result of environment, while all the bad ones are the result of poor heredity on the side of the other parent. Elinor Smith
Heredity is nothing but stored environment. Luther Burbank
Poverty is hereditary – you get it from your children. Phyllis Diller
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. Thomas Paine