Origin Quotes

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The theory of natural selection is the centerpiece of The Origin of Species and of evolutionary theory. It is this theory that accounts for the… — Douglas J. Futuyma
What is the ultimate solution to the origin of the Universe? The answers provided by the astronomers are disconcerting and remarkable. Most remarkable of all… — Robert Jastrow
Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels. — Francisco Goya
Few of us take the pains to study the origin of our cherished convictions. — James Harvey Robinson
Evolution is the creation-myth of our age. By telling us our origin it shapes our views of what we are. It influences not just our… — Mary Midgley
When students of other sciences ask us what is now currently believed about the origin of species, we have no clear answer to give. Faith… — William Bateson
...man is a musical being. His origin is in the spoken Word. By sound was he sustained and by music he evolved. One day he… — Corinne Heline
We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their national… — John Ashcroft
The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The necessity or desire of preserving… — Humphry Davy
While we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe, the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we… — James Monroe
The eye of the heart, though closed in fallen man, is able to take in a glimmering of light and this is faith. But anyway… — Martin Lings
Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the guarantee of its value; there is no other. — Neal Cassady
Man is appealed to be guided in his acts, not merely by love, which is always personal, or at best tribal, but by his perception… — Peter Kropotkin
Ultimately a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our fellow-men, ruled by reason, self-interest,… — Charles Darwin
Death of the Father would deprive literature of many of its pleasures. If there is no longer a Father, why tell stories? Doesn't every narrative… — Roland Barthes
Without knowing it, we utilize hundreds of products each day that owe their origin to wild animals and plants. Indeed our welfare is intimately tied… — Norman Myers
Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from English soil. Their… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The natural inclination of man is to rely solely upon himself and to ignore the purpose of his existence as well as his relationship to… — Delbert L. Stapley
The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation. — Mercy Otis Warren

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