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George Gaylord Simpson has 30 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Man has risen, not fallen. He can choose to develop his capacities as the highest animal and to try to rise still…
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The meaning that we are seeking in evolution is its meaning to us, to man. The ethics of evolution must be human…
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If a sect does officially insist that its structure of belief demands that evolution be false, then no compromise is possible. An…
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It remains true, as every paleontologist knows, that most new species, genera, and families, and that nearly all categories above the level…
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I have a debt, a loyalty to the museum; the best place for me to do what I wanted to do.
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It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying anything or…
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The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle.
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The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually…
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To put it crudely but graphically, the monkey who did not have a realistic perception of the tree branch he jumped for…
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Human judgment is notoriously fallible and perhaps seldom more so than in facile decisions that a character has no adaptive significance because…
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Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind
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Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing world, and not at all as if…
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Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According to prevailing…
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If a sect does officially insist that its structure of belief demands that evolution be false, then no compromise is possible. An…
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Parenting is about being competent and responsible. It's not about gender, necessarily.
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In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind.…
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You have to have competent people evaluating the athlete, not the housewives!
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