If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
“Altidiot: Definition – A sea level adapted human that works in a biologically toxic high altitude job.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
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Hominids typically haven't so much adapted to change, as they have accommodated to it. — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
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As soon as somebody demonstrates the art of flying, settlers from our species of man will not be lacking on the moon… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
Whence it is evident that the remedy must be adapted to the particular cause of the mischief; consequently, the cause must be… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Organisms [...] are directed and limited by their past. They must remain imperfect in their form and function, and to that extent… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If adapted to the unique requirements of various regions and peoples of the world, such economic pluralism could have a greater global… — Robert Dickson Crane Copy Share Image
The Roman Catholic Church early on simply adapted the hierarchical structure of the Roman Empire and confused the whole thing. Vertical attention… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Really unreflective people are now inwardly without Christianity, and the more moderate and reflective people of the intellectual middle class now possess… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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Yoga is your direct intimacy with the nurturing power of Life. It is the practical means adapted to personal needs, age, health… — Mark Whitwell Copy Share Image
Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our… — Chris Chocola Copy Share Image
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Style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa. The same can be said of clothes. — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
it is only on posters and in advertisement pages that Americans have those chubby cheeks, expanding smiles, smooth looks, and faces flushed… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
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On the one hand, our minds try to probe the ephemeral reality of the quantum world; on the other, we talk, think,… — F. David Peat Copy Share Image
Normal children of both sexes and all cultures will follow a more or less standard and universal developmental pattern and timetable, and… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
The present era grabs everything that was ever written in order to transform it into films, TV programs; or cartoons. What is… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Our microeconomic indicators are stable and it gives me reason to believe that we will calmly and steadily pass this uneasy period… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
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