Evolution Quotes

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For myself, as, no doubt, for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we desired was… — Aldous Huxley
Evolution pays and that is why there is evolution — George Iles
I prefer a God who once and for all impressed his will upon creation, to one who continually busied about modifying what he had already… — William Temple
The theory of evolution by natural selection is an ecological theory-founded on ecological observation by perhaps the greatest of all ecologists. It has been adopted… — John L. Harper
William Henry Flower the Anglican too praised evolution as a cleansing solvent, dissolving the dross which had 'encrusted' Christianity 'in the days of ignorance and… — Adrian Desmond
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo. (The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.) — Ovid
It gets worse when you realize that for YECs, 22 months is only 1.4 million years in evolutionary time.... — Nick Matzke
We can truly see that consciousness is operating creatively even in biology, even in the evolution of species. — Amit Goswami
We are at an inflection point in history. — Joel Garreau
The next frontier is our own selves. — Joel Garreau
Today the story is no less attitude-adjusting. It is about the defining cultural, social and political issue of our age. It is about human transformation. — Joel Garreau
The inflection point at which we have arrived is one in which we are increasingly seizing the keys to all creation, as astonding as that… — Joel Garreau
In 1920 [H.G. Wells] described human history as becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe. — Joel Garreau
It is time to rekindle the spirit of the Renaissancee to achieve a golden age that will be a turning point for human productivity and… — Joel Garreau
The hallmark of the Renaissance was its holistic quality as all fields of art, engineering, science and culture shared the same exciting spirit and many… — Joel Garreau
The Harvard Law of Animal Behavior holds that under controlled experimental conditions of temperature, time, lighting, feeding, and training, the organism will behave as it… — Joel Garreau
Informing all of Carson's work was the idea that although human beings are part of nature, we are distinguished by our power to alter it… — Joel Garreau
Humankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history. — Joel Garreau
If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, and a sign on it saying, "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE TO NOT TOUCH," the paint wouldn't… — Joel Garreau
The physician who waits until dead certain of a diagnosis before acting is likely to wind up with a dead patient. Sometimes things develop so… — Joel Garreau

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