"A rill in a barnyard and the Grand……" — George Gaylord Simpson
"A rill in a barnyard and the Grand Canyon represent, in the main, stages of valley erosion that began some millions of years apart."
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29 Quotes by George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson has 29 quotes on this site.
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Man has risen, not fallen. He can choose to develop his capacities as the highest animal and to try to…
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The meaning that we are seeking in evolution is its meaning to us, to man. The ethics of evolution must…
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If a sect does officially insist that its structure of belief demands that evolution be false, then no compromise is…
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It remains true, as every paleontologist knows, that most new species, genera, and families, and that nearly all categories above…
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I have a debt, a loyalty to the museum; the best place for me to do what I wanted to…
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It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying…
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The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle.
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The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for…
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To put it crudely but graphically, the monkey who did not have a realistic perception of the tree branch he…
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Human judgment is notoriously fallible and perhaps seldom more so than in facile decisions that a character has no adaptive…
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Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind
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Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing world, and not at all…
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Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like…
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I deliberately keep myself apart from a lot of stuff; I don't Tweet, I don't do Facebook, I don't blog,…
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If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us…
— Joey Adams
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Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.
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One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to…
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Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
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What goes on in Europe concerns us greatly because, if Europe comes apart, the E.U. comes apart, then you're going…
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Apart from a period of crisis during my adolescence, when my voice was changing and I could not tame it…
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