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Inspirational Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould
- Science simply cannot adjudicate the issue of God's possible superintendence of nature.
- The dogmatist within is always worse than the enemy without.
- So much of science proceeds by telling stories.
- The causes of life's history [cannot] resolve the riddle of life's meaning.
- God was there when it happened. We were not there.... Therefore, we are completely limited to what God has seen fit to tell us, and…
- Theory-free science makes about as much sense as value-free politics.
- No one-liner can ever be optimal.
- If I have any insight at all to contribute it is this: find out what you are really good at and stick to it.
- Details are all that matters; God dwells in these and you never get to see Him if you don't struggle to get them right.
- Nature is what she is - amoral and persistent.
- If there is any consistent enemy of science, it is not religion, but irrationalism.
- The median is not the message,
- We pass through this world but once.
- All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I had to place myself amidst the variation.
- I hardly recognize what I do well. I just do it.
- A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right.
- Obsolescence is a fate devoutly to be wished, lest science stagnate and die.
- Why, then, do I continue to claim that creationism isn't science? Simply because these relatively few statements have been tested and conclusively refuted.
- ... each with its own beauty, and each with a story to tell.
- History employs evolution to structure biological events in time.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento