Quote by Richard Dawkins

“Darwin’s theory described the survival of the fittest, but not the arrival of the fittest.”

— Dan Brown

The Darwinian concept of the survival of the fittest has been substituted by a philosophy of the survival of the slickest.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Evolution isn't 'survival of the fittest,' for Christ's sake. In the long run, linearly, it's survival of the most prolific.”

— Ron Sanders

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

— Herbert Spencer

This survival of the fittest which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called "natural selection",…

— Herbert Spencer

“Being quite a Darwinian creature feature I have to add, that only the fittest of survival will finish this book anyway,”

— Steve Merrick

“Darwin had said the fittest survived, and the Social Darwinists completed the circle. The best way to demonstrate fitness to survive was to dominate…

— James L. Stokesbury

There's a misconception that survival of the fittest means survival of the most aggressive. The adjective 'Darwinian' used to refer to ruthless competition; you…

— Steven Pinker

When most of us hear the phrase, 'survival of the fittest,' we assume it originated with Charles Darwin. It did not. The phrase doesn't…

— Joel A. Barker

“This is the contrary of the Darwin that we mainly receive from the Darwinists. The survival of the fittest is supposed to represent the…

— William Bryant Logan

“We no longer have natural selection. We have unnatural selection. Survival of the fittest has been replaced by survival of the fakest.”

— Maureen Dowd

The survival of the fittest is the ageless law of nature, but the fittest are rarely the strong. The fittest are those endowed with…

— Dave Smalley