Selection Quotes

339 quotes by 247 authors

An argument often given for why Earth couldn't host another form of life is that once the life we know became established, it would have… — Paul Davies
Composition is a side issue. Its role in my selection of photographs is a negative one at best. By which I mean that the fascination… — Gerhard Richter
Everything has a reason, including the selection of the photos, which was not arbitrary but appropriate to the period, its highs and lows and my… — Gerhard Richter
Are you aware that your spirit needs to be fed? Did you know that your spirit would be delighted to partake in a feast of… — Iyanla Vanzant
Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture. — Daniel Dennett
It is a shock to us in the twentieth century to discover, from observations science has made, that the fundamental mechanisms of life cannot be… — Michael Behe
It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world… — Michael Behe
Since natural selection requires a function to select, an irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would have to arise as an… — Michael Behe
The difficulty of looking at a system like natural selection if you have any sort of moral sense yourself, is almost what makes it beautiful. — Paul Bettany
The Galapagos Islands are probably the most famous wildlife-watching destination in the world. And no wonder - it's almost impossible to exaggerate the sheer spectacle… — Mark Carwardine
Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery. — Robert Crippen
I can't believe there is a poet who hasn't eagerly put down a word one day, only to erase it the next day deciding it… — Stephen Dobyns
Natural selection certainly operates. It explains how bacteria will gain antibiotic resistance; it will explain how insects get insecticide resistance, but it doesn't explain how… — William A. Dembski
A lifestyle involves a cluster of habits and orientations, and hence has a certain unity - important to a continuing sense of ontological security -… — Anthony Giddens
The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of… — Karl Jaspers
Although I insist that God has always had the power to intervene directly in nature to create new forms, I am willing to be per-suaded… — Phillip E. Johnson
My objective was to have as varied a selection of roles as possible. It probably did hurt my career. — Stacy Keach
One reason that a truth and reconciliation process is needed for group selection is to return to the simplicity of the original problem and Darwin's… — David Sloan Wilson
The selection of a Republican candidate for the presidency of this globalized and expansive empire is - and I mean this seriously - the greatest… — Fidel Castro
Proponents of intelligent design don't accept that some of the very complex nanomachines that we have inside ourselves could have come about solely on the… — Francis Collins

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