"It is not the biggest, the brightest or……" — Charles Darwin
"It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest."
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Charles Darwin
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288 Quotes by Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin has 288 quotes on this site.
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Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion but it would take an…
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Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
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Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the…
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If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their…
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So in regard to mental qualities, their transmission is manifest in our dogs, horses and other domestic animals. Besides special…
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The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their…
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It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in…
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It is well-known that those who have charge of young infants, that it is difficult to feel sure when certain…
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Jealousy was plainly exhibited when I fondled a large doll, and when I weighed his infant sister, he being then…
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May we not suspect that the vague but very real fears of children, which are quite independent of experience, are…
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The young blush much more freely than the old but not during infancy, which is remarkable, as we know that…
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Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one…
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More Adapt Quotes
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Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result…
— Paul Auster
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Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one…
— Diane Ackerman
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You adapt to who you're photographing.
— David Bailey
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Adapting is a common natural way for people to adapt to their environment.
— Joe Barton
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When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.
— Gary Bauer
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As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.
— Wendy Carlos
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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to…
— Emile M. Cioran
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In the long run men inevitably become the victims of their wealth. They adapt their lives and habits to their…
— Herbert Croly
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The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy,…
— Sun Tzu
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The atmosphere of the home is prolonged in the school, where the students soon discover thatin order to achieve some…
— Paulo Freire
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Well-coached teams are never surprised; they can adapt to anything they see.
— Jack Ramsay
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