--- title: "22 Darwinian Theory Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 22 Darwinian Theory quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Darwinian Theory sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/erich-fromm-367_able_when-the-theory-of-evolution-destroyed-t_1861036.jpg" --- > [When the theory of evolution destroyed the picture of God as the supreme Creator, confidence in God as the all-powerful Father of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/when-the-theory-of-evolution-destroyed-the-picture-of-god-as-the/) [Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/erich-fromm-367_able_when-the-theory-of-evolution-destroyed-t_1861036.jpg) > [The fact -- not theory -- that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gaylord-simpson/the-fact-not-theory-that-evolution-has-occurred-and-the-darwinian/) [George Gaylord Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gaylord-simpson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/george-gaylord-simpson-21614_confused_the-fact-not-theory-that-evolution-has-o_2321.jpg) > [The classics of Marxism, while fully appreciating the significance of the Darwinian theory, pointed out the errors of which Darwin was guilty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trofim-lysenko/the-classics-of-marxism-while-fully-appreciating-the-significance-of/) [Trofim Lysenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trofim-lysenko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/trofim-lysenko-34939_appreciating_the-classics-of-marxism-while-fully-appr_439339.jpg) > [What Darwinian theory shows us is that all human races are extremely close to each other. None of them is in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/what-darwinian-theory-shows-us-is-that-all-human-races-are-extremely/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/richard-dawkins-115_any_what-darwinian-theory-shows-us-is-that-a_2108104.jpg) > [If you take Darwinian theory, make a 'scientific' principle out of it, put it into political action, then you have something like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-lipton/if-you-take-darwinian-theory-make-a-scientific-principle-out-of-it/) [Bruce Lipton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-lipton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/bruce-lipton-22329_action_if-you-take-darwinian-theory-make-a-scie_2468369.jpg) > [Even if there were no actual evidence in favor of the Darwinian theory, we should still be justified in preferring it over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/even-if-there-were-no-actual-evidence-in-favor-of-the-darwinian/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/richard-dawkins-115_evidence_even-if-there-were-no-actual-evidence-in_2414385.jpg) > [The Darwinian theory is in principle capable of explaining life. No other theory that has ever been suggested is in principle capable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-darwinian-theory-is-in-principle-capable-of-explaining-life-no/) [Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/richard-dawkins-115_capable_the-darwinian-theory-is-in-principle-cap_75850.jpg) > [The monopoly of science in the realm of knowledge explains why evolutionary biologists do not find it meaningful to address the question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/the-monopoly-of-science-in-the-realm-of-knowledge-explains-why/) [Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/phillip-e-johnson-14758_addresses_the-monopoly-of-science-in-the-realm-of_2254757.png) > [I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-have-been-scientifically-studying-the-traits-and-dispositions-of/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/mark-twain-22_allegiance_i-have-been-scientifically-studying-the_385830.jpg) > [“An important element in the pleasure we derive from social meetings, from travels, from sight-seeings, etc., is nothing but change. Even intellectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/an-important-element-in-the-pleasure-we-derive-from-social-meetings/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/kaiten-nukariya-793_change_an-important-element-in-the-pleasure-we_1691689.jpg) > [“Since the most exquisitely delicate structures, as well as embryonic phases of growth of the most perishable nature, have been preserved from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-c-meyer/since-the-most-exquisitely-delicate-structures-as-well-as-embryonic/) [Stephen C. Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-c-meyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/stephen-c-meyer-34460_darwinian_since-the-most-exquisitely-delicate-stru_2793089.jpg) > [Evolutionary biologists have been able to pretend to know how complex biological systems originated only because they treated them as black boxes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/evolutionary-biologists-have-been-able-to-pretend-to-know-how-complex/) [Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/phillip-e-johnson-14758_able_evolutionary-biologists-have-been-able-t_2725643.png) > [“We need to move beyond Darwinian Theory, which stresses the importance of individuals, to one that stresses the importance of the community.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-h-lipton/we-need-to-move-beyond-darwinian-theory-which-stresses-the-importance/) [Bruce H. Lipton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-h-lipton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/bruce-h-lipton-10233_biology_we-need-to-move-beyond-darwinian-theory_2211748.jpg) > [“The fundamental core of contemporary Darwinism, the theory of DNA-based reproduction and evolution, is now beyond dispute among scientists. It demonstrates its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-c-dennett/the-fundamental-core-of-contemporary-darwinism-the-theory-of-dna/) [Daniel C. Dennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-c-dennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e01/daniel-c-dennett-17655_biology_the-fundamental-core-of-contemporary-dar_2153648.jpg) > [“Before you can ask 'Is Darwinian theory correct or not?', You have to ask the preliminary question 'Is it clear enough so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berlinski/before-you-can-ask-is-darwinian-theory-correct-or-not-you-have-to-ask/) [David Berlinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berlinski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/david-berlinski-16009_biology_before-you-can-ask-is-darwinian-theory-c_232718.jpg) > [“According to Teleology, each organism is like a rifle bullet fired straight at a mark; according to Darwin , organisms are like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-henry-huxley/according-to-teleology-each-organism-is-like-a-rifle-bullet-fired/) [Thomas Henry Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-henry-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/thomas-henry-huxley-14414_analogy_according-to-teleology-each-organism-is_840901.jpg) > [“ALTRUISM WAS, from the very start, a problem for the Darwinian theory of evolution, if not something worse than a problem. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-stove/altruism-was-from-the-very-start-a-problem-for-the-darwinian-theory/) [David C. Stove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-stove/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/david-c-stove-35442_altruism_altruism-was-from-the-very-start-a-probl_2779039.jpg) > [Nowhere was Darwin able to point to one bona fide case of natural selection having actually generated evolutionary change in nature…Ultimately, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-denton/nowhere-was-darwin-able-to-point-to-one-bona-fide-case-of-natural/) [Michael Denton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-denton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/michael-denton-33607_able_nowhere-was-darwin-able-to-point-to-one_437872.png) > [ \[Evolution\] doesn't mean God-guided, gradual creation. It means unguided, purposeless change. The Darwinian theory doesn't say that God created slowly. It says… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-johnson/evolution-doesn-t-mean-god-guided-gradual-creation-it-means-unguided/) [Philip Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/philip-johnson-10392_change_evolution-doesn-t-mean-god-guided-gradua_2809135.png) > [We have long been seeking a different kind of evolutionary process and have now found one; namely, the change within the pattern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-goldschmidt/we-have-long-been-seeking-a-different-kind-of-evolutionary-process/) [Richard Goldschmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-goldschmidt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/richard-goldschmidt-57009_chromosomes_we-have-long-been-seeking-a-different-ki_1613315.png) > [First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-e-johnson/first-darwinian-theory-tells-us-how-a-certain-amount-of-diversity-in/) [Phillip E. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-e-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/phillip-e-johnson-14758_amount_first-darwinian-theory-tells-us-how-a-ce_254996.png) > [It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-otis-skinner/it-is-disturbing-to-discover-in-oneself-these-curious-revelations-of/) [Cornelia Otis Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-otis-skinner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/cornelia-otis-skinner-23777_apes_it-is-disturbing-to-discover-in-oneself_2949185.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darwinian-theory/#itemlist", "name": "Darwinian Theory Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the theory of evolution destroyed the picture of God as the supreme Creator, confidence in God as the all-powerful Father of man fell with it, although many were able to combine a belief in God with the acceptance of the Darwinian theory.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erich Fromm" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/when-the-theory-of-evolution-destroyed-the-picture-of-god-as-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/erich-fromm-367_able_when-the-theory-of-evolution-destroyed-t_1861036.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/erich-fromm-367_able_when-the-theory-of-evolution-destroyed-t_1861036.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/erich-fromm-367_able_when-the-theory-of-evolution-destroyed-t_1861036.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When the theory of evolution destroyed the picture of God as the supreme Creator, confidence in God as the…” — Erich Fromm", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fact -- not theory -- that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in popular opinion that the distinction must be stressed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Gaylord Simpson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gaylord-simpson/the-fact-not-theory-that-evolution-has-occurred-and-the-darwinian/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/george-gaylord-simpson-21614_confused_the-fact-not-theory-that-evolution-has-o_2321.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/george-gaylord-simpson-21614_confused_the-fact-not-theory-that-evolution-has-o_2321.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/george-gaylord-simpson-21614_confused_the-fact-not-theory-that-evolution-has-o_2321.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The fact -- not theory -- that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have…” — George Gaylord Simpson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The classics of Marxism, while fully appreciating the significance of the Darwinian theory, pointed out the errors of which Darwin was guilty. 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For it obliges me to renounce my allegiance to the Darwinian theory of the Ascent of Man from the Lower Animals; since it now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one, this new and truer one to be named the Descent of Man from the Higher Animals.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-have-been-scientifically-studying-the-traits-and-dispositions-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/mark-twain-22_allegiance_i-have-been-scientifically-studying-the_385830.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/mark-twain-22_allegiance_i-have-been-scientifically-studying-the_385830.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/mark-twain-22_allegiance_i-have-been-scientifically-studying-the_385830.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the \"lower animals\" (so-called,) and…” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“An important element in the pleasure we derive from social meetings, from travels, from sight-seeings, etc., is nothing but change. Even intellectual pleasure consists mainly of change. 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