Biology Quote by James Lovelock

Nature conserves, prefers novelty.

— Terence McKenna

Animals engage in a struggle for existence; for resources, to avoid being eaten and to breed. Environmental factors influence organisms to develop new characteristics…

— Al-Jahiz

Nature insists on whatever benefits the whole.

— Marcus Aurelius

Nature doesn't see things through the prism of good or bad. It rewards efficiency. That is the simplicity of evolution, matching design to environment.

— Blake Crouch

“Darwinists are right to say that selection favours the organisms that leave alive the most progeny, but vigorous growth takes place within a constrained…

— James Lovelock

“an organism's selective environment is constantly crumbling beneath its evolutionary feet”

— Russell Powell Allen Buchanan

“The crucial first step to survival in all organisms is habitat selection. If you get to the right place, everything else is likely to…

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

As some species die out, forms better adapted to utilize the obstacles against which they struggled in vain come into being.

— John Dewey

Evolution favors the survival of the wisest.

— Jonas Salk

“Having people in different optimal environments increases the chances of survival of the human race as a whole. It is nature's way to preserve…

— Marti Olsen Laney

Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various sorts do better in survival and reproduction.

— Robert Nozick

... if variations useful to any organic being do occur, assuredly individuals thus characterized will have the best chance of being perserved in the…

— Charles Darwin