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I am principled against this kind of traffic in the human species . . . and to disperse the families I have an aversion. — George Washington
The teachings of Christianity - from vicarious redemption to the love of enemies, no thought for the morrow need be taken, that no thrift or… — Christopher Hitchens
What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing each other, wiping… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature. — Ernst Mayr
This much I can say with definiteness - namely, that there is no scientific basis for the denial of religion - nor is there in… — Robert Andrews Millikan
I am aware that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious; but he who denounces them is… — Charles Darwin
Human beings never think for themselves... For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset if they are… — Michael Crichton
The fateful question for the human species seems to me to be whether and to what extent their cultural development will succeed in mastering the… — Sigmund Freud
I don't hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact that we are… — Brigid Brophy
There are a number of attributes of species and populations that are not of any particular selective advantage to any single individual in a population… — Ernst Mayr
Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population genetics, and the actual findings… — Ernst Mayr
For millions of years, on average, one species became extinct every century.... We are now heaving more than a thousand different species of animals and… — Douglas Adams
Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. — Terry Pratchett
The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with an… — Arthur Koestler
The formation of different languages and of distinct species and the proofs that both have been developed through a gradual process, are curiously parallel. — Charles Darwin
Because men, compared to male chimps, have such relatively small testicles (large testicles indicate a species where many males mate, one after the other, with… — Carl Sagan
Our ancestors were eating meat over 2.5 million years ago. We mainly ate meat, fish, fruits, vegetables and nuts. We have to assume our physiology… — Lionel Tiger
God decided to create a species with whom he could have fellowship. Who are we to say that evolution was a dumb way to do… — Francis Collins
Agassiz, when I saw him last, had read but a part of Origin of Species. He says it is POOR-VERY POOR!!. The fact is, he… — Asa Gray
It remains true, as every paleontologist knows, that most new species, genera, and families, and that nearly all categories above the level of families, appear… — George Gaylord Simpson
Echoing the criticism made of his father's habilis skulls, he added that Lucy's skull was so incomplete that most of it was 'imagination made of… — Richard Leakey
They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than… — Eric Hoffer
The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the… — Leonardo da Vinci
We are committed with our lives to building a different model and a different future for humanity, the Earth, and other species. We have envisaged… — Maude Barlow
Women are made to be led, and counseled, and directed....And if I am not a good man, I have no just right in this Church… — Heber C. Kimball

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