Adapted Quotes

162 quotes by 152 authors

Humanity is a biological species, living in a biological environment, because like all species, we are exquisitely adapted in everything: from our behavior, to our… — E. O. Wilson
As natural selection acts by competition, it adapts the inhabitants of each country only in relation to the degree of perfection of their associates; so… — Charles Darwin
Iâ€™ve always wanted to be liked. It grieved me that I was treated with indifference. Left an orphan by Fortune, I wantedâ€”like all orphansâ€”to be… — Fernando Pessoa
Ordinary life did not stop just because kings rose and fell, Mosca realized. People adapted. If the world turned upside down, everyone ran and hid… — Frances Hardinge
Every physical fact, every expression of nature, every feature of the earth, the work of any and all of those agents which make the face… — Matthew Fontaine Maury
Of possible quadruple algebras the one that had seemed to him by far the most beautiful and remarkable was practically identical with quaternions, and that… — Benjamin Peirce
From a human point of view, the difference between the mind of a human and that of a mountain goat is wonderful; from the point… — Wendell Berry
The intellectual content of religions has always finally adapted itself to scientific and social conditions after they have become clear.... For this reason I do… — John Dewey
The secrets of evolution are death and time-the deaths of enormous numbers of lifeforms that were imperfectly adapted to the environment; and time for a… — Carl Sagan
We are more than the sum of our biochemical functions. Even the tiniest flea is an incredibly complex living creature, with mouth-parts adapted to feeding… — Robert Lanza
Life solves its problems with well-adapted designs, life-friendly chemistry and smart material and energy use. — Janine Benyus
The soul of the world is in the whole world, and is everywhere so adapted to matter that, at each place, it produces the proper… — Giordano Bruno
Throughout its history, Islam has borrowed and adapted from other civilizations, both ancient and modern. — Shereen El Feki
History has shown us that all the great advances have taken place in Spain when we have evolved and adapted to the reality of our… — King Felipe VI
The respiratory mechanisms of birds are definitely adapted to the function of flight, as evidenced by the fact that birds which do not fly (Apteryx,… — August Krogh
The style of the Bible in general is singularly adapted to men of every class and grade of culture, affording the child the simple nourishment… — Philip Schaff
To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about as near to a formula… — Mark Sullivan
Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, the means of expression which is the simplest, most exact and best adapted to its object, is both a… — Antoine Lavoisier
No congressional reppers, no respectable rappers. It's the way we've adapted, don't forget I made it happen. — Wale
The pejorative term 'political correctness' was adapted to express disapproval of the enlargement of etiquette to cover all people, in spite of this being a… — Judith S Marin

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