Around Quote by P. J. O'Rourke Download Open image “If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas.” — P. J. O'Rourke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Around Darwinian Death Process Still Were
We're at a point in time which is analogous to when single-celled organisms were turning into multi-celled organisms. So we're the amoebas. — Danny Hillis Copy Share Image
Not all living creatures die. An amoeba, for example, need never die; it need not even, like certain generals, fade away. It just divides… — George Wald Copy Share Image
Perhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature. — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
Death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can go a long way in evolution before encountering an authentic corpse. — George Wald Copy Share Image
In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can go a long way in evolution before encountering an… — George Wald Copy Share Image
I think it is impossible for human minds to think of Death as a final, irrevocable end to life. — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share Image
We call death as death because we know not what after that, but none can deny the possibilities that death can be the begining,… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity. — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
Why are you so interested in amoebas?" "Oh, they're immortal," he said, "and sort of shapeless and flexible. Being a person is getting too… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Death is simply a change in perception. It is not an end to perception as a finite being. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
At Epcot Center the Disney corporation has focused its attention on two things greatly in need of Disneyfication: the tedious future and the annoying… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'll be 56 this year, I've got two kids, and I think it's probably time to go back to writing one-glove jokes. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
I guess, it's a father's dream for his daughter to be known around the world. — Liza Soberano Copy Share Image
I've been to Manchester enough to know it's a real place. It's not Factory Records and the Smiths bicycling around. I get it. It's… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I guess I'm attracted to things that are fun. I guess what is fun about this role in 'Suburgatory' is that there's a lot… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
When I was a teen, I would draw a really, really long line around my eyes with eyeliner, like Lola Flores. — Rosalia Copy Share Image
I think the issues around diversity of all kinds are really a huge problem in the startup world. — Daniel Lyons Copy Share Image
You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
Not having drops and not taking plays off, if I do that it will make everyone around me better. — Demaryius Thomas Copy Share Image
I can look around a room and tell you if there are hidden cameras or not. — Lauren Ash Copy Share Image
You couldn't get me to go travel around and sit in a hotel room again. I have no interest in doing that. So everybody's… — Phil Everly Copy Share Image
I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off. — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around,… — Banks Copy Share Image