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> [Most modern biologists, having reviewed with satisfaction the downfall of the spontaneous generation hypothesis, yet unwilling to accept the alternative belief in special creation, are left with nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/most-modern-biologists-having-reviewed-with-satisfaction-the-downfall/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

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> [Faced with a new mutation in an organism, or a fundamental change in its living conditions, the biologist is frequently in no position whatever to predict its future prospects. He has to wait and see. For instance, the hairy mammoth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/faced-with-a-new-mutation-in-an-organism-or-a-fundamental-change-in/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

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## Other authors on Biologist

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- [Elliott Sober 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biologist/elliott-sober/)

## More by George Wald

> [Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/civilization-will-end-within-15-or-30-years-unless-immediate-action/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per cent of the Gross National Product.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/so-called-defense-now-absorbs-sixty-per-cent-of-the-national-budget/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/i-have-lived-much-of-my-life-among-molecules-they-are-good-company/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [Evolution advances, not by a priori design, but by the selection of what works best out of whatever choices offer. We are the products…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/evolution-advances-not-by-a-priori-design-but-by-the-selection-of/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [Every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life that stretches back to the first primitive organism to appear on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/every-creature-alive-on-the-earth-today-represents-an-unbroken-line/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [I think if a physician wrote on a death certificate that old age was the cause of death, he'd be thrown out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/i-think-if-a-physician-wrote-on-a-death-certificate-that-old-age-was/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/i-am-growing-old-and-my-future-so-to-speak-is-already-behind-me/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [A scientist should be the happiest of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/a-scientist-should-be-the-happiest-of-men/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/i-think-all-of-you-know-there-is-no-adequate-defense-against-massive/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about that. We were committing war crimes in World War…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/we-ve-committed-many-war-crimes-in-vietnam-but-i-ll-tell-you/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [Science goes from question to question; big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as they age grow ever broader, the answers are seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/science-goes-from-question-to-question-big-questions-and-little/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is on earth, and in the whole universe we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/there-s-life-all-over-this-universe-but-the-only-life-in-the-solar/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [I think I know what is bothering the students. I think that what we are up against is a generation that is by no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/i-think-i-know-what-is-bothering-the-students-i-think-that-what-we/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/a-physicist-is-an-atom-s-way-of-knowing-about-atoms/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

> [There are only two possible explanations as to how life arose: Spontaneous generation arising to evolution or a supernatural creative act of God… There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/there-are-only-two-possible-explanations-as-to-how-life-arose/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

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