Evolution Quotes

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The [peppered-moth] experiments show the effects of predation on the survival of the dark and of the normal forms of the Peppered Moth in a… — L. Harrison Matthews
We are told dogmatically that Evolution is an established fact; but we are never told who has established it, and by what means. We are… — Wolfgang Smith
I see worries in the fact that we have the power to manipulate genes in ways that would be improbable or impossible through conventional evolution.… — Colin Blakemore
You have to learn it all, then forget it and start again like a child. This is the inner evolution. — Karel Appel
There is no explanation in the Big Bang theory for the seemingly fortuitous fact that the density of matter has just the right value for… — Robert Jastrow
And, you know, the fact is, if you believe in evolution, we all have a common ancestor, and we all have a common ancestry with… — Jeff Hawkins
With an absurd oversimplification, the 'invention' of the calculus is sometimes ascribed to two men, Newton and Leibniz. In reality, the calculus is the product… — Richard Courant
Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every… — August Strindberg
Kubrick's vision seemed to be that humans are doomed, whereas Clarke's is that humans are moving on to a better stage of evolution. — Marvin Minsky
I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions. — Jock Sturges
I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been, because millions of years have… — Lee Kuan Yew
Taste is an evolution and refinement of oneâ€™s personal likes and dislikes. This evolution takes place with a constant curiosity and interest in everything. The… — Norma Kamali
I do not think that there is any general statement in the Bible or any part of the account of creation, either as given in… — B. B. Warfield
There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud,… — Andrew Schneider
Since an early age, Iâ€™ve been intrigued by the idea of design evolution, — Phillip Lim
Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there was a further acceleration of… — William Irwin Thompson
On the one hand, it is in and through creative minds that the community fulfils itself at its best and reaches its highest forms; and… — Salvador de Madariaga
Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself. — Walter Lang
If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the… — Walter Lang
For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation… — Margaret Chan

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