Darwin Quotes

161 quotes by 120 authors

Opponents say natural selection is not a theory supported by observation or experiment; that it is not based on fact; and that it cannot be… — David Attenborough
By the age of 11, I was no longer going to Sunday Mass, and going on birdwatching walks with my father. So early on, I… — James D. Watson
I first became aware of Charles Darwin and evolution while still a schoolboy growing up in Chicago. My father and I had a passion for… — James D. Watson
We should not live by Darwinian principles. But Darwin explains how we got here. — Richard Dawkins
Darwin gives courage to the rest of science that we shall end up understanding literally everything, springing from almost nothing - a thought extremely hard… — Richard Dawkins
As Darwin himself was at pains to point out, natural selection is all about differential survival within species, not between them. — Richard Dawkins
One of the great issues in biology is the origin of altruism - of why you would do something for someone else that could hurt… — Isabella Rossellini
Before Darwin, our world was very religious. People saw altruism as something given by God for us to be good so that we could go… — Isabella Rossellini
All mammals undergo a certain degree of diversification. Darwin knew that. When he drew a family tree, it had many branches on it. — Donald Johanson
Darwin recognized the fact that paleontology then seemed to provide evidence against rather for evolution in general or the gradual origin of taxonomic categories in… — George Gaylord Simpson
We entered the 20th century trying to deal with three ideas purporting to define or describe or explain three spheres of action, development and conflict:… — Bruce Jackson
Darwin himself recorded the fact that he accepted the Malthusian idea. — Trofim Lysenko
Darwin himself, in his day, was unable to fight free of the theoretical errors of which he was guilty. It was the classics of Marxism… — Trofim Lysenko
Darwin investigated the numerous facts obtained by naturalists in living nature and analysed them through the prism of practical experience. — Trofim Lysenko
But sequence comparisons simply can't account for the development of complex biochemical systems any more than Darwin's comparison of simple and complex eyes told him… — Michael Behe
Even when Darwin's teaching first made its appearance, it became clear at once that its scientific, materialist core, its teaching concerning the evolution of living… — Trofim Lysenko
The classics of Marxism, while fully appreciating the significance of the Darwinian theory, pointed out the errors of which Darwin was guilty. Darwin's theory, though… — Trofim Lysenko
Darwin (1859) recognized the fact that paleontology then seemed to provide evidence against rather for evolution in general or the gradual origin of taxonomic categories… — George G Simpson
I have come to think of this humanist trend in psychology as a revolution in the truest, oldest sense of the word; the sense in… — Abraham Maslow
Theists only ever believe what they want to believe. If a bearded face appears in the wood grain or in a cloud formation, or on… — Steve Fowler

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