Young children from Guatemala who are adopted into the United States gain considerable height relative to the standards. So the height difference cannot be genetic.

A rich diet does lead to earlier puberty but to my knowledge it does not student the adolescent growth spurt. Early pregnancy, before reaching adult height, does slow or stop growth.

People tend to shrink with age, especially after age 50 or so. It has to do with spaces between the joints amount of cartilage and posture. Bone length does not change.

Africans are not as tall as northern Europeans. But Manute Vol and other sports figures in basketball and football receive a lot of press coverage.

Genes are very important at the individual level but these differences tend to cancel at the national level.

I agree that zinc is one of the important micro-nutrients but people require a balanced blend of food for our biological engines.

The English were relatively short in the mid-nineteenth century and so their expeditions return with stories some exaggerated, not doubt about "giants" who lived in other parts of the world.

It’s a good thing that the sheep are all so law abiding

It's not when you realise that nothing can help you - religion, pride, anything - it's when you realise that you don't need any aid.

I think in black.

We reach the end of our lives long before we reach the end of ourselves.

Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in America” is a brilliant movie. It’s about four hours long, but it’s so well done.

Throughout the course of my life, I've been blessed to work with extremely talented people.

It is true that our skin is sort of more or less the same shade. But is it true that our skin color makes us a distinctive race? No.

I don't rely on the media. I usually average one speech a day for 25 years. People know me because I'm out there.

Keep your eyes on the Master, because He knows things we do not know!

I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand.