Fossil Quotes

226 Fossil quotes by 155 unique authors

Did not learned men, too, hold, till within the last twenty-five years, that a flying dragon was an impossible monster? And do we not now… — Charles Kingsley
Some molecules - ammonia, carbon dioxide, water - show up everywhere in the universe, whether life is present or not. But others pop up especially… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half… — Michael Pollan
The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and… — Henry David Thoreau
A revolution in humanity's use of fossil fuel-based energy would be necessary sooner or later to sustain and to extend modern standards of living. It… — Ross Garnaut
Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than as an aid to his theory ... — Stephen Jay Gould
Since we proposed punctuated equilibria to explain trends, it is infuriating to be quoted again and again by creationists-whether through design or stupidity, I do… — Stephen Jay Gould
If evolution almost always occurs by rapid speciation in small, peripheral isolates, then what should the fossil record look like? We are not likely to… — Stephen Jay Gould
The modern theory of evolution does not require gradual change. It in fact, the operation of Darwinian processes should yield exactly what we see in… — Stephen Jay Gould
Natural gas is a dirty fossil fuel like the rest of them. — Josh Fox
We all know that we have to get off of fossil fuels. And we know that the world is going in that direction. And we… — Josh Fox
We need policy change, and the most important thing people can do is to contribute and participate in the political process. We have to vote… — Josh Fox
If you want to become a fossil, you need to die somewhere where your bones will be rapidly buried. You then hope that the Earth… — Louise Leakey
Horizontal and vertical sprawl... are the dinosaurs of an ending fossil-fuel age of synthetic culture. — Leon Krier
The truth is, natural organisms have managed to do everything we want to do without guzzling fossil fuels, polluting the planet or mortgaging the future. — Janine Benyus
People in all walks of life, and especially business, do not want to experience the collapse of cities like New York along with global finance… — Allan Savory
Every single record I have is a fossil. — Henry Rollins
Protectionist politicians cannot stand the notion of a fossil-fuel-rich America maintaining record levels of production through exports. — Mike Pompeo
There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal,… — Bill McKibben
The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We… — Ban Ki-moon

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