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George Gaylord Simpson has 30 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Man has risen, not fallen. He can choose to develop his capacities as the highest animal and to try to rise still…
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The meaning that we are seeking in evolution is its meaning to us, to man. The ethics of evolution must be human…
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If a sect does officially insist that its structure of belief demands that evolution be false, then no compromise is possible. An…
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It remains true, as every paleontologist knows, that most new species, genera, and families, and that nearly all categories above the level…
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I have a debt, a loyalty to the museum; the best place for me to do what I wanted to do.
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It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying anything or…
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The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle.
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The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually…
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To put it crudely but graphically, the monkey who did not have a realistic perception of the tree branch he jumped for…
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Human judgment is notoriously fallible and perhaps seldom more so than in facile decisions that a character has no adaptive significance because…
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Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind
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Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing world, and not at all as if…
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I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may…
— Margaret Cho
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One must believe that every living thing whatsoever must change insensibly in its organization and in its form... One must therefore never…
— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one…
— Otto von Bismarck
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We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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You know, I find it so difficult being a... as a matter of fact, little do people know that most of the…
— Werner Klemperer
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You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth.…
— Alison McGhee
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Never expect people to treat you any better than you treat yourself
— Unknown Author
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There are moments when the human body can overcome things you would never expect,
— Andres Iniesta
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I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore Im always pleasantly surprised.
— Lianne La Havas
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I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.
— Voltairine de Cleyre
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Never expect, never presume, always work hard and always be true to who you are.
— Jessie J
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