Evolution Quotes

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It is quite true that many scientists, many physicists, maintain that the physical constants, the half dozen or so numbers that physicists have to simply… — Richard Dawkins
Some physicists solve that problem of the necessity of finely tuned physical constants ... by invoking the anthropic principle, saying, well, here we are, we… — Richard Dawkins
I defy any of my coreligionists to tell me they do not laugh at the idea of Dawkins burning in hell. — Ann Coulter
The world has entered a new era, evolving from an industrial into a knowledge-based society, and into a society that wants to live in harmony… — Minoru Mori
Most modern biologists, having reviewed with satisfaction the downfall of the spontaneous generation hypothesis, yet unwilling to accept the alternative belief in special creation, are… — George Wald
When you realize that the laws of nature must be incredibly finely tuned to produce the universe we see, that conspires to plant the idea… — John Polkinghorne
In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic formula of random mutations plus… — Arthur Koestler
One has only to contemplate the magnitude of this task to concede that the spontaneous generation of a living organism is impossible. Yet here we… — George Wald
All of us who study the origin of life find that the more we look into it, the more we feel it is too complex… — Harold Urey
The absence of fossil evidence for intermediary stages between major transitions in organic design, indeed our inability, even in our imagination, to construct functional intermediates… — Stephen Jay Gould
It remains true, as every paleontologist knows, that most new species, genera, and families, and that nearly all categories above the level of families, appear… — George Gaylord Simpson
I can envision observations and experiments that would disprove any evolutionary theory I know. — Stephen Jay Gould
The universe and the Laws of Physics seem to have been specifically designed for us. If any one of about 40 physical qualities had more… — Stephen Hawking
If nature does not wish that weaker individuals should mate with stronger, she wishes even less that a superior race should intermingle with an inferior… — Adolf Hitler
The German Fuhrer, as I have consistently maintained, is an evolutionist; he has consistently sought to make the practices of Germany conform to the theory… — Arthur Keith
The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by mans attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up,… — Charles Darwin
No rational man, cognizant of the facts, believes that the average Negro is the equal, still less the superior, of the white man.....it is simply… — Thomas Huxley
Recapitulation provided a convenient focus for the persuasive racism of white scientists; they looked to the activities of their own children for comparison with normal… — Stephen Jay Gould
After chiding the theologian for his reliance on myth and miracle, science found itself in the unenviable position of having to create mythology of its… — Loren Eiseley
Darwinism has become our culture's official creation myth, protected by a priesthood as dogmatic as any religious curia. — Nancy Pearcey

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