Evolution Quotes · Page 52

Biology sometimes reveals its fundamental principles through what may seem at first to be arcane and bizarre.

— Elizabeth Blackburn

Evolution may explain some features of the moral law, but it can't explain why it should have any real significance.

— Richard Dawkins

Sexual self-restraint was only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution.

— Muhammad Iqbal

“evolution  only happens by learning new skills, developing these skills and qualities, and then embodying them.”

— Martin Faulks

Change is at the very core of evolution and without it, all creatures would look alike and behave the same way.

— Martin Dansky

It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.

— Colson Whitehead

For there are strong grounds for thinking that, in the evolution of thought, magic has preceded religion.

— James G. Frazer

Evolutionists will continue to find missing links until all will be amiss for we will still ask how we got here.

— Martin Dansky

If all the evidence in the universe turned in favour of creationism, I would be the first to admit it, and I…

— Richard Dawkins

We can choose this moment of crisis to ask and answer the big questions of society's evolution — like, what do we…

— Paul Gilding

Me, who's educated classically, I went toward rock music 'cause it was sort of a natural evolution from where I was playing…

— Bryce Dessner

We inherit a lot from our parents: mom's eyes, dad's chin, and the attitude of whichever parent isn't punishing you at the…

— Milton Berle

The noble science of Geology loses glory from the extreme imperfection of the record. The crust of the earth with its embedded…

— Charles Darwin

Planetary Citizenship reveals a vital blueprint for a compassionate and sustainable world. Hazel Henderson and Daisaku Ikeda make a formidable team stepping…

— Barbara Marx Hubbard

“In the world of business, I believe corporate Darwinism is playing out in increasingly rapid cycles. It is neither the strongest of…

— Kevin Chou

“...the student of prehistoric man...cannot reject [the Castenedolo skull] as false without doing injury to his sense of truth, and he cannot…

— Arthur Keith

Evolution is the phenomenon of change and the challenge of the next time cycle will involve the creation of constructs that will…

— Anthony Braxton

But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and I should wish to do, evidence of design and…

— Charles Darwin

The number of known human fossils only increases slowly. But the manner of regarding and assessing them is capable of progressing rapidly,…

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“I will here give a brief sketch of the progress of opinion on the Origin of Species. Until recently the great majority…

— Charles Darwin

We tend to talk about the world in a myriad of ways - a microscopic world of elementary particles, a biological world…

— Sean M. Carroll

I think part of why schizophrenia got linked to civil rights protest in the '60s was because mainstream society was coding threats…

— Jonathan Michel Metzl

“Metabolically active cells, such as those of the liver, kidneys, muscles, and brain, have hundreds or thousands of mitochondria, making up some…

— Nick Lane

The history of humanity is the history of human freedom...Freedom is not, as Engels thought, "the recognition of necessity." Freedom is the…

— Vasily Grossman

“Do not conform to seek the seekers, but leave the leavers. Wisdom comes from facing what you do not yet understand.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Another curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it!”

— Richard Dawkins

The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

— Phyllis Schlafly

No one really has the guts to say it, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add…

— Gregory Stock

My point of view and philosophy continues to change and grow. As the years go by you go through this evolution.

— Madonna Ciccone

Ever noticed that people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved?

— Anonymous

The evolution of the sport is so fast, if you slow down for a second, you're past.

— Chuck Liddell

A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

The causal body is like DNA or RNA in that it is the coding that determines your level of evolution.

— Frederick Lenz

In reality, a cell is a biological mini-me compared to the human body. A cell has every biological system that you have.

— Anonymous

We told you this would happen, if gay marriage is legalized, then much chaos would follow.

— Bill O'Reilly

Solutions to all biological problems are greatly advanced by the sequencing work and the new tools that are created.

— Bill Gates

Many people found 'Mattitude' absolutely delightful. As time went on, it was a constant evolution of change.

— Matt Hardy

Your longevity and health are more determined by your ZIP code than they are by your genetic code.

— Tom Frieden

Unfortunately, the average guy on the street believes that studying evolution leads to atheism.

— Greg Graffin

A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species.

— J. Philippe Rushton