Origin Quotes

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My reflection, when I first made myself master of the central idea of the 'Origin', was, 'How extremely stupid not to have thought of that!' — Thomas Huxley
About weak points [of the Origin] I agree. The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder, but when I think of the fine… — Charles Darwin
The preliminaries were out of the way, the creative process was about to begin. The creative process, that mystic life force, that splurge out of… — Cornell Woolrich
And where else will [Hume,] this degenerate son of science, this traitor to his fellow men, find the origin of just powers, if not in… — Thomas Jefferson
There is nothing in science which teaches the origin of anything at all. — Lord Kelvin
We should get used to the idea that we'll probably never be able to find - and confirm - a good explanation of the ultimate… — Daniel Dennett
He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin ... will obtain the clearest view of them. — Aristotle
[Attributing the origin of life to spontaneous generation.] However improbable we regard this event, it will almost certainly happen at least once.... The time... is… — George Wald
I see no good reason why the views given this volume [The Origin of Species] should shock the religious feelings of any one. It is… — Charles Darwin
The publication in 1859 of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin made a marked epoch in my own mental development, as it did in… — Francis Galton
Geologists are rapidly becoming convinced that the mammals spread from their central Asian point of origin largely because of great variations in climate. — Ellsworth Huntington
...the nervous systems of other animals were not artificially constructed - as a robot might be artificially constructed - to mimic the pain behavior of… — Peter Singer
Beauty has no other origin than the singular wound, different in every case, hidden or visible, which each man bears within himself, which he preserves,… — Jean Genet
Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from… — Gamaliel
I am the first prime minister of this country of neither English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that… — John Diefenbaker
I have three stepfamilies as well as my family of origin. I've had to adjust to them and also go back and forth among them.… — Lily King
I felt I was moving among two groups [literary intellectuals and scientists] comparable in intelligence, identical in race, not grossly different in social origin, earning… — Carrie P Snow
One of my friends, reading the title of these lectures [The Whence and Whither of Man] said: "Of man's origin you know nothing, of his… — John M. Tyler
Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species, was published in 1859. It is perhaps the most influential book that has ever been published, because it… — Henry Lipson
Innumerable changes of moods are yours, and they are uncontrolled by you. If you knew their origin, you would be able to dominate them. If… — Rumi

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