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Ernst Mayr has 45 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Biology can be divided into the study of proximate causes, the study of the physiological sciences (broadly conceived), and into the study…
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It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.
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All interpretations made by a scientist are hypotheses, and all hypotheses are tentative. They must forever be tested and they must be…
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I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God.
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On the other hand, famous evolutionists such as Dobzhansky were firm believers in a personal God. He would work as a scientist…
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Evolution ... is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.
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A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature.
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There are a number of attributes of species and populations that are not of any particular selective advantage to any single individual…
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Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population genetics, and…
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Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if he ignores…
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According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one…
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Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object transformed, as…
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It's a game of making great pitches at the right time, being opportunistic by getting a run at the right time and…
— Mike Candrea
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Evolution ... is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.
— Ernst Mayr
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The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, giving…
— Michael Parenti
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Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion.
— Langston Hughes
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You just have to be opportunistic, and try to figure out what creates value.. where the bottom is, what creates incremental value,…
— John C. Malone
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Opportunistic relationships can hardly be kept constant. The acquaintance of honorable people, even at a distance, does not add flowers in times…
— Zhuge Liang
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Realize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic,bold moves which by definition, cannot be planned.
— Unknown Author
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The media, I think, wants Kerry to win.... And I think they're going to portray Kerry and Edwards ... I'm talking about…
— Evan Thomas
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I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything.
— Ehud Barak
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While writing 'Cold Mountain,' I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early…
— Charles Frazier
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Pop managers are fixed in the dramatic stock character repertoire too, ever since the first British pop film musical, Wolf Mankowitz's 'Expresso…
— Peter York
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I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade.
— Wolfman Jack
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