Biology Quote by Jared Diamond

“This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest. { The phrase 'survival of the fittest' was not originated by Charles Darwin ,…

— Herbert Spencer

“I have a little urge to all the rational thinkers in the world, both scientists and non-scientists. Because of the fact that many of…

— Abhijit Naskar

Mr. Darwin ... has failed to hold definitely before his mind the principle that the difference of sex, whatever it may consist in, must…

— Antoinette Brown Blackwell

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is the only workable explanation that has ever been proposed for the remarkable fact of our own…

— John Maynard Smith

If I were to give a prize for the single best idea anybody ever had, I'd give it to Darwin for the idea of…

— Daniel Dennett

Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.

— Daniel Dennett

As Darwin himself was at pains to point out, natural selection is all about differential survival within species, not between them.

— Richard Dawkins

“This century will be called Darwin 's century. He was one of the greatest men who ever touched this globe. He has explained more…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Charles Darwin sailed around the world for two years on the 'Beagle,' and he had quite a bit of interest in things like the…

— Seth Shostak

“For these two years I have been gravitating towards your doctrines, and since the publication of your primula paper with accelerated velocity. By about…

— Thomas Henry Huxley

Along with William Shakespeare and Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin is Britain's greatest gift to the world. He was our greatest thinker.

— Richard Dawkins

“Why should I have to hide the fact that I don't believe there’s a supreme being? There’s no proof of it. There’s no harm…

— Jesse Ventura