Organisms Quotes

177 Organisms quotes by 138 unique authors

Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive. — James Lovelock
Giant group events are distorting organisms: You can like and hate them in rapid succession. — Jerry Saltz
I've always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the… — David Suzuki
Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them. — E. O. Wilson
When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate… — E. O. Wilson
Let's set the existence-of-God issue aside for a later volume, and just stipulate that in some way, self-replicating organisms came into existence on this planet… — Neal Stephenson
Consider the Lichen. Lichens are just about the hardiest visible organisms on Earth, but the least ambitious. — Bill Bryson
Just as blueprints don't necessarily specify blue buildings, selfish genes don't necessarily specify selfish organisms. As we shall see, sometimes the most selfish thing a… — Steven Pinker
Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
God is dead,' Nick said. 'They found his carcass in 2019. Floating in space near Alpha.' 'They found the remains of an organism advanced several… — Philip K. Dick
I scoured myself with lye soap from head to toe to get the evil funk of demon snot off me. I have flossed things the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth! — Fyodor Dostoevsky
One third, more or less, of all the sorrow that the person I think I am must endure is unavoidable. It is the sorrow inherent… — Aldous Huxley
There was time before organisms experienced consciousness, and there will be time after. And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, I encourage you… — John Green
After a geological epoch passed in which single-celled organisms evolved into talk show hosts, Mr. Coffee was still holding out on me. — Darynda Jones
Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to becoming you. We… — Bill Bryson
We cannot fathom the marvelous complexity of an organic being; but on the hypothesis here advanced this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must… — Charles Darwin
We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could have taken another path. We are essentially a… — Wendy Mass
There is a deep interconnectedness of all life on earth, from the tiniest organisms, to the largest ecosystems, and absolutely between each person. — Bryant H. McGill
The gifts of microscopes to our understanding of cells and organisms is so profound that one has to ask: What are the gifts of the… — Unknown Author
An attempt to study the evolution of living organisms without reference to cytology would be as futile as an account of stellar evolution which ignored… — John B. S. Haldane
It is certainly true in the United States that there is an uneasiness about certain aspects of science, particularly evolution, because it conflicts, in some… — Francis Collins
The Primal Plant is going be the strangest creature in the world, which Nature herself must envy me. With this model and the key to… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The problem that we, as living organisms, face - and not we only, humans, but any living organism faces - is the management of life. — Antonio Damasio
Digital organisms, while not necessarily any more alive than a phone book, are strings of code that replicate and evolve over time. Digital codes are… — George Dyson

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