Biology Quote by Mark Twain

Darwin abolished special creations, contributed the Origin of Species and hitched all life together in one unbroken procession of Siamese Twins, the whole evolved…

— Mark Twain

“A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, a mere heart of stone. —Charles Darwin”

— Andrew Mayne

Darwinism did not strip meaning from the world but intensified it, 'by identifying it in as many aspects of life as possible'.

— Neal Ascherson

“The creation myth is a Darwinian device for survival.”

— Edward O. Wilson

“I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study…

— Joseph Dalton Hooker

“Darwinism is dynamic. It is about change, not stasis; about process, not pattern; about tales, not tableaux; about becoming, not being.”

— Henry Gee

The Descent of Darwin: A Handbook of Doubts about Darwinism,

— Errol White

“It is often felt that Darwin, more than anyone, banished “meaning” from the world—in the sense of any overall divine meaning or purpose. There…

— Oliver Sacks

“Darwin's work is a testament to the power of two of the most basic tools used in research, the pencil and paper.”

— Robert Mark Silverman and Kelly L. Patterson

“Very few, even among those who have taken the keenest interest in the progress of the revolution in natural knowledge set afoot by the…

— Thomas Henry Huxley

“In short, we evolved, like other animals, to win the reproduction game. That contest has a single aim, to leave as many descendants as…

— Jared Diamond

“Universally accepted, microevolution has limits for what it can explain. These limits do not reach the center where the controversy lies - the Thesis…

— Jon Morrison