Best Stephen Jay Gould Sayings
- If I have any insight at all to contribute it is this: find out what you are really good at and stick to it. All
- Details are all that matters; God dwells in these and you never get to see Him if you don't struggle to get them right. All
- Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good scientific work in plant morphology… Active
- Not since the Lord himself showed his stuff to Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones had anyone shown such grace and skill in the… All
- Nature is what she is - amoral and persistent. Amoral
- Taxonomy (the science of classification) is often undervalued as a glorified form of filing-with each species in its folder, like a stamp in its prescribed… Album
- Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny - and also… Abandon
- Honorable errors do not count as failures in science, but as seeds for progress in the quintessential activity of correction. Activity
- If there is any consistent enemy of science, it is not religion, but irrationalism. Any
- Results rarely specify their causes unambiguously. If we have no direct evidence of fossils or human chronicles, if we are forced to infer a process… Any
- The world, unfortunately, rarely matches our hopes and consistently refuses to behave in a reasonable manner. Behave
- If genius has any common denominator, I would propose breadth of interest and the ability to construct fruitful analogies between fields. Ability
- The median is not the message, Funny
- Organisms are not billiard balls, propelled by simple and measurable external forces to predictable new positions on life's pool table. Sufficiently complex systems have greater… Balls
- We pass through this world but once. Inspirational
- All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I had to place myself amidst the variation. All
- Death is the ultimate enemy - and I find nothing reproachable in those who rage mightily against the dying of the light. Death
- Evolution is one of the two or three most primally fascinating subjects in all the sciences. All
- I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized. Academic
- I dreamed of becoming a scientist, in general, and a paleontologist, in particular, ever since the Tyrannosaurus skeleton awed and scared me. Awed
- Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks… Abstraction
- I love the wry motto of the Paleontological Society, meant both literally and figuratively, for hammers are the main tool of our trade: Frango ut… Both
- Can I pay any higher tribute to a man [George Gaylord Simpson] than to state that his work both established a profession and sowed the… Any
- The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm. Evolution
- I hardly recognize what I do well. I just do it. Hardly
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