Remember Henry Adam's jest that the succession of presidents from Washington to Grant disproved the theory of evolution? — George Will Copy Share Image
Of course the theory of evolution would be vacuous if it offered a glib explanation for every inexplicable act. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The theory of evolution explains to us what our ancestry has been. It does not explain away our worth. Why should we… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his theory of evolution reactionary… — Trofim Lysenko Copy Share Image
“Another curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it!” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom. — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
“Darwin’s theory of evolution pointed to the conclusion that flux (or becoming), not being, is the essence of reality. Though” — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Darwin's theory of evolution is the last of the great nineteenth-century mystery religions. And as we speak it is now following Freudians… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
“Darwin caused controversy, not merely because his ideas contradicted Genesis, but because they fell foul of the way in which Genesis had… — Andrew Louth Copy Share Image
Some claim evolution is just a theory. As if it were merely an opinion. The theory of evolution, like the theory of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The theory of evolution was not formally published until shortly before Faraday's death. Evolution was yet to be discovered during Faraday's life.… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
I was brought up to understand Darwin's theory of evolution. I spent hours and hours in the Natural History Museum in London… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“Not only was the theory of evolution not invented by Darwin himself; it wasn’t invented by his Enlightenment predecessors either. It was… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
We humans have a tendency to see ourselves as completely different from other animals, and the way in which large segments of… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
To my mind, the theory of [evolution] does not stand up at all. If living matter is not, then, caused by the… — Henry Lipson Copy Share Image
With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Evolution provides a scientific foundation for the core values shared by most Christians and conservatives, and by accepting–and embracing–the theory of evolution,… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Today, almost half a century after the publication of the Encyclical [of Pius IX], new knowledge has led to the recognition in… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
A complete theory of evolution must acknowledge a balance between "external" forces of environment imposing selection for local adaptation and "internal" forces… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I can have little patience with those who oppose ... the theory of evolution or what are called "mechanistic" explanations of the… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Creationists reject Darwin's theory of evolution on the grounds that it is "just a theory". This is a valid criticism: evolution is… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
“Richard Dawkins and his followers have recycled the theory of evolution not as a biological theory but as a theory of everything… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
The German Fuhrer, as I have consistently maintained, is an evolutionist; he has consistently sought to make the practices of Germany conform… — Arthur Keith Copy Share Image
When the theory of evolution destroyed the picture of God as the supreme Creator, confidence in God as the all-powerful Father of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
There is the theory that all the living forms in the world have arisen from a single source which itself came from… — Gerald A. Kerkut Copy Share Image
To be sure, Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect. However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on… — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
The fundamental religious objection to the theory of evolution is not scientific but moral. [Fundamentalists believe that] evolutionary theory must be opposed… — Elizabeth S. Anderson Copy Share Image
Morphological information has provided the greatest single source of data in the formulation and development of the theory of evolution and that… — Everett C. Olson Copy Share Image
Agricultural practice served Darwin as the material basis for the elaboration of his theory of Evolution, which explained the natural causation of… — Trofim Lysenko Copy Share Image
The modern theory of evolution does not require gradual change. It in fact, the operation of Darwinian processes should yield exactly what… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
One reason education undoes belief is its teaching of evolution; Darwin's own drift from orthodoxy to agnosticism was symptomatic. Martin Lings is… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
If you ask most atheists if the theory of evolution has anything to do with a belief, however, they will tell you… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
“thought. Successionism means that one faith can replace a previous one that has ceased to function. In religious terms, it is comparable… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
“From an evolutionary perspective, the closest thing we have to a human essence is our DNA, and the DNA molecule is the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Evolution has long been badly taught. In particular, students - and even professional biologists - acquire theories of evolution without any deep… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
If a person doesn't think there is a God to be accountable to, then-then what's the point of trying to modify your… — Jeffrey Dahmer Copy Share Image
The theory of evolution by natural selection is an ecological theory-founded on ecological observation by perhaps the greatest of all ecologists. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“To my mind, the theory of [evolution] does not stand up at all. If living matter is not, then, caused by the interplay of atoms, natural forces, and radiation [i.e., time, chance, and chemistry], how has it come into being? I think, however, that we must go further than this and admit that the…” quote by Henry Lipson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbe/henry-lipson-67301_acceptable_to-my-mind-the-theory-of-evolution-does_204667.png)
![“Today, almost half a century after the publication of the Encyclical [of Pius IX], new knowledge has led to the recognition in the theory of evolution of more than a hypothesis. It is indeed remarkable that this theory has been progressively accepted by researchers, following a series of…” quote by Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/pope-john-paul-ii-485_accepted_today-almost-half-a-century-after-the-pu_1568710.jpg)
![“When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so. God is not a demiurge [demigod] or a magician, but the Creator who gives being to all entities. Evolution in nature is not opposed to the notion of…” quote by Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/pope-francis-85_able_when-we-read-about-creation-in-genesis-w_2377224.png)
![“The fundamental religious objection to the theory of evolution is not scientific but moral. [Fundamentalists believe that] evolutionary theory must be opposed because it leads to rampant immorality, on both the personal and political scales. The basic cause of this immorality is atheism.” quote by Elizabeth S. Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/elizabeth-s-anderson-79971_atheism_the-fundamental-religious-objection-to-t_1735801.jpg)
