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Claim Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould
- Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical…
- Why, then, do I continue to claim that creationism isn't science? Simply because these relatively few statements have been tested and conclusively refuted.
- Our creationist detractors charge that evolution is an unproved and unprovable charade-a secular religion masquerading as science. They claim, above all, that evolution generates no…
- Evolution has encountered no intellectual trouble; no new arguments have been offered. Creationism is a home-grown phenomenon of American sociocultural history-a splinter movement ... who…
- The essence of Darwinism lies in its claim that natural selection creates the fit. Variation is ubiquitous and random in direction. It supplies raw material…
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- All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are… — Isaac Asimov
- There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader… — Michelle Bachelet
- It's always seemed odd to me that after a group of terrorists commits a vile and odious deed they rush messages to… — Russell Baker
- Both the Democratic and Republican parties are bought and paid for by corporate America and cater to the needs of the highest… — Roseanne Barr
- What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of… — Roland Barthes
- The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest… — Bob Beauprez
- It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. — Max Beerbohm
- The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Every time I'm in Canada I feel more Swedish, and every time I'm in Sweden I feel more Canadian. I belong in… — Malin Akerman
- Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are… — William F. Buckley, Jr.