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Adaptation Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould
- The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.
- At a minimum, in explaining evolutionary pathways through time, the constraints imposed by history rise to equal prominence with the immediate advantages of adaptation.
- What an odd time to be a fundamentalist about adaptation and natural selection - when each major subdiscipline of evolutionary biology has been discovering other…
- People talk about human intelligence as the greatest adaptation in the history of the planet. It is an amazing and marvelous thing, but in evolutionary…
- Some evolutionists will protest that we are caricaturing their view of adaptation. After all, do they not admit genetic drift, allometry, and a variety of…
More Adaptation Quotes
- The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and… — Annie Besant
- Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for… — Franz Boas
- I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed up. — Nicolas Cage
- The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down… — Nick Cave
- Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious… — Lord Chesterfield
- I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French… — Warren Christopher
- I wrote a screenplay for a 'Sweet Valley High' adaptation, and it's really amazing to me how many women who are my… — Diablo Cody
- There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to… — Sun Tzu
- Monet's garden must be included with his works, because he combined the magic of an adaptation of nature with the work of… — Georges Clemenceau
- Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable. This is the… — Laozi
- During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what… — Peter Drucker
- It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored in climate that seem to me the happiest,… — Thomas Stearns Eliot