Quote by Till Roenneberg

At a minimum, in explaining evolutionary pathways through time, the constraints imposed by history rise to equal prominence with the immediate advantages of adaptation.

— Stephen Jay Gould

Individual organisms are best thought of as adaptation-executers rather than as fitness-maximizers.

— John Tooby

A comfortable and regulated life is needed for fastest pace of evolution.

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Simply put: time is fluid. The faster your world spins out of control, the slower timer crawls. The more time you need, the less…

— Anonymous

The most valuable and least replacable resource is time.

— Russell L. Ackoff

Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference.

— Sarah Dessen

“The reason is simply the extreme improbability of the preadaptations necessary for it to occur at all. Each of these evolutionary steps has been…

— Edward O. Wilson

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

— Hesiod

The best engineered organisms can outpace others, even if they start smaller or later.

— Fred Ehrsam

Organisms are not billiard balls, propelled by simple and measurable external forces to predictable new positions on life's pool table. Sufficiently complex systems have…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Organisms [...] are directed and limited by their past. They must remain imperfect in their form and function, and to that extent unpredictable since…

— Stephen Jay Gould

The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the less adaptable it is to any new change.

— Ronald Fisher