"Now we do have many examples of transitional…" — George Gaylord Simpson
"Now we do have many examples of transitional sequences."
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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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More Examples Quotes
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I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become…
— Giorgio Armani
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The examples of the Obama Administration 'stimulating' jobs everywhere on the planet except here in America are endless.
— Bob Beauprez
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No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist.
— Andre Breton
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My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.
— Jeff Bridges
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement,…
— Jack Canfield
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Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships in show business, you're gonna…
— Jim Carrey
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I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Mindful and creative, a child who has neither a past, nor examples to follow, nor value judgments, simply lives, speaks…
— Arnaud Desjardins
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Realization is not knowledge about the universe, but the living experience of the nature of the universe. Until we have…
— Namkhai Norbu
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The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds…
— Juvenal
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Intelligence is the flower of discrimination. There are many examples of the flower blooming but not bearing fruit. Bushido is…
— Nabeshima Naoshige
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The church must never become a government factory, carrying on a nationalized industry of religion with the people as the…
— Unknown Author
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