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Position Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould
- I strongly reject any conceptual scheme that places our options on a line, and holds that the only alternative to a pair of extreme positions…
- Organisms are not billiard balls, propelled by simple and measurable external forces to predictable new positions on life's pool table. Sufficiently complex systems have greater…
- The myriad valleys could have arisen anywhere on the landscape. The current positions are quite accidental. If we could repeat the experiment, we might obtain…
More Position Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness… — Rowan Atkinson
- I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones, and when… — Margaret Atwood
- Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put… — Kevyn Aucoin
- If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought… — Teresa of Avila
- I have a very high opinion of Steve King and his ability, so I would encourage him to consider any position for… — Michele Bachmann
- I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state. — Michael Badnarik
- We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations… — Franklin P. Adams
- What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more… — George Matthew Adams
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams
- When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as… — Ethel Barrymore