Evolution works by selection, not by instruction. There is no final cause, no teleology, no purpose guiding the overall process — Gerald Edelman Copy Share Image
“When Charles Darwin indicated that Homo sapiens was just another kind of animal, people were outraged.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
There is a tendency for people to say evolution is only a theory. That is inappropriate. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Everything we perceive to be solid and static is made up of almost entirely empty space.” — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
We're not going to make Evolution or any of our other products depend on Mono anytime in the near future. — Nat Friedman Copy Share Image
“To move violently and beautifully through skin, to enter matter-isn't that evolution's climax?” — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
One would think that plants belonging to the same genus would always produce identical or at least similar oils. But this is… — Otto Wallach Copy Share Image
I think it is important to stay open to the world around you, so that you are constantly in a state of… — Cara Santana Copy Share Image
Whereas HIV only in recent decades became infectious for humans, high risk papillomavirus types have in all likelihood been with us for… — Harald zur Hausen Copy Share Image
In this century, not only has science changed the world faster than ever, but in new and different ways. Targeted drugs, genetic… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Trait X is fitter than trait Y in a population of organisms if those organisms have other biological traits T and live… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
It's clearly possible for a something to acquire higher intelligence than its ancestors: we evolved to be smarter than our ape-like ancestors,… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If two very different people pool their DNA, they'll create more genetic variety, and their young will come to the job of… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
I can see no practical application of molecular biology to human affairs... DNA is a tangled mass of linear molecules in which… — Frank Macfarlane Burnet Copy Share Image
My shoe has been going through evolution, and we having great feedback from the 1 to the 2 and the 2.5's, so… — Paul George Copy Share Image
I speak about universal evolution and teleological evolution; because I think the process of evolution reflects the wisdom of nature. I see… — Jonas Salk Copy Share Image
Animals are our younger brothers and sisters, also on the ladder of evolution but a few rungs lower. It is an important… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding Copy Share Image
The replicators that exist tend to be the ones that are good at manipulating the world to their own advantage. But other… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Louis Brandeis started off by embracing the Theodore Roosevelt notion that hyphenated Americanism was unpatriotic. You couldn't have dual loyalties. But then… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
“What it reminded me of was a biological dead end. A genetic retrogression. A freak accident of nature that stranded some organism… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I seem to be a brief light that flashes but once in all the aeons of time a rare, complicated, and all-too-delicate… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Faith is one of the world's great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“I believe that compassion is the key to our evolution as a species.” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
Evolution of consciousness is the central motive of terrestrial existence. — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
I think almost everything about humans and human civilization is explained better by evolution than anything else. — Naval Ravikant Copy Share Image
The world is always changing. Whether it's evolution or revolution there's always a better way of seeing things. — Edwin Mamerto Copy Share Image
I defy any of my coreligionists to tell me they do not laugh at the idea of Dawkins burning in hell. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“How can one capture genes that behave like ghosts," Weinberg wrote, "influencing cells from behind some dark curtain?” — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“Our objective is to achieve, by the understanding of the Origin, the Knowledge which comes through experience.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don't see you jumping out of buildings. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The evolution at 'Teen Vogue' is not a result of dinosaurs in a board room coming up with a strategy to reach… — Elaine Welteroth Copy Share Image
When burned on a CD, the human genome is smaller than Microsoft Office. — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
“Incurable diseases will eventually force mankind to justify disruptive nanotech and genetic engineering.” — Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident Copy Share Image
It will not be possible to rule out the supposition that the process of evolution may be guided by an intelligent design. — F. C. S. Schiller Copy Share Image
Evolution is a snail, but Revolution is a kangaroo; one crawls, other jumps! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Whoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution? — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image