There are 400,000 species of beetles on this planet, but only 8,000 species of mammals. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Haldane was engaged in discussion with an eminent theologian. "What inference," asked the latter, "might one draw about the nature of God… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
The Creator would appear as endowed with a passion for stars, on the one hand, and for beetles on the other, for… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
My final word, before I'm done, Is "Cancer can be rather fun"- Provided one confronts the tumour with a sufficient sense of humour. I… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
Shelley and Keats were the last English poets who were at all up to date in their chemical knowledge. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
A discussion between Haldane and a friend began to take a predictable turn. The friend said with a sigh, 'It's no use going on.… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
Capitalism, though it may not always give the scientific worker a living wage, will always protect him, as being one of the geese which… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
There are 400,000 species of beetles on this planet, but only 8,000 species of mammals. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than the classics. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
The future will be no primrose path. It will have its own problems. Some will be the secular problems of the past, giant flowers… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
Haldane was engaged in discussion with an eminent theologian. "What inference," asked the latter, "might one draw about the nature of God from a… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
So far from being an isolated phenomenon the late war is only an example of the disruptive result that we may constantly expect from… — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share
