Organisms Quotes
177 Organisms quotes by 138 unique authors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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Organisms sip energy, because they have to work or barter for every single bit that they get.
— Janine Benyus
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If the aging process is controlled in a similar way in worms and humans, then we can use what we learn about worms to speed…
— Cynthia Kenyon
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Here at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, we have genetically rearranged various viruses and bacteria as part of our medical research. In fact, we have…
— James D. Watson
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There are more living organisms in a tablespoon of highly organic soil than there are people on the planet.
— Howard Warren Buffett
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If you look at the ecological circuitry of this planet, the ways in which materials like carbon or sulfur or phosphorous or nitrogen get cycled…
— Unknown Author
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Living organisms are created by chemistry. We are huge packages of chemicals.
— David Christian
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Modern scientific knowledge appeared piecemeal. Historians wrote about human history; physicists tackled the material world; and biologists studied the world of living organisms. But there…
— David Christian
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If you look in the animal world, many, many organisms will enter into states of suspended animation.
— Mark Roth
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We are evolutionary descendents of this marvellous panoply of life. And what that says unequivocally is we have an utter total obligation to make sure…
— Leroy Hood
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