Character Quote by Thomas Huxley

Perhaps no order of mammals presents us with so extraordinary a series of gradations as this [step by step, from humans to apes to…

— Thomas Huxley

There is nothing of permanent value (putting aside a few human affections) nothing that satisfies quiet reflection--except the sense of having worked according to…

— Thomas Huxley

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

— Thomas Huxley

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

— Thomas Huxley

Only a scientific people can survive in a scientific future.

— Thomas Huxley

Our reverence for the nobility of manhood will not be lessened by the knowledge that man is in substance and in structure, one with…

— Thomas Huxley

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of…

— Thomas Huxley

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

— Thomas Huxley

Oh devil! truth is better than much profit. I have searched over the grounds of my belief, and if wife and child and name…

— Thomas Huxley

Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the "golden hair"…

— Thomas Huxley

In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the…

— Thomas Huxley

And you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than…

— Thomas Huxley