Evolution Quotes

Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does know, evolution is about as certain as anything we know.

It is difficult to imagine evolution in alien planets operating in any manner other than Darwinian.

All failure is failure to adapt, all success is successful adaptation.

Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species.

All of today's DNA, strung through all the cells of the earth, is simply an extension and elaboration of [the] first molecule.

Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And soars and shines, another and the same.

The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah' - Non-injury is the highest religion.

The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is what brings us so full of longing to the sea.

I see love as an evolution of true friendship.

I have purposely presented the land ethic as a product of social evolution because nothing so important as an ethic is ever 'written'… It evolves in the minds of a thinking community.

At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to now; they would take place in a different universe.

Design theorists are no friends of theistic evolution.

Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space.

The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance.

At its grandest, political correctness is an attempt to accelerate evolution.

Animals are footprints of God.

Spiritual experiences and their results are not meant for the individual. They are for the evolution of the whole race.

Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life.

Human nature, as manifested in tribalism and nationalism, provides the momentum of the machinery of human evolution.

You may not believe in evolution, and that is all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important than how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.

I don't mind if, according to the Law of Evolution, my grand grand grand etc. father is a monkey,but I do mind if he is a hyena or a jackal!

In the nineteenth century, many Anglican theologians, both evangelical and catholic, embraced positively the proposal of evolution.

It's the lie of evolution that all man are just evolved and that they're all equal, and that all creatures are equal.

Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.

We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life's pilgrimage.

Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.

I have been interested in phenomena involving complexity, diversity and evolution since I was a young boy.

Evolution is smarter than you are.

As a chemist, I wanted to ask myself the question frustrated by biology: What is the minimal unit of matter that can undergo Darwinian evolution?

It is astonishing to realise that the human species survived hundreds of thousands of years, more than 99 percent of its time on this planet, with a life expectancy of only eighteen years.

How surprisingly alive false ideas are! They even have their own evolution. At first they are highfalutin' 'truths,' then humdrum 'laws,' and finally superstitions.

In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to "bend" their observations to fit in with it.

Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.

Tick is a cartoon character, I don't know if you're familiar with him. This is the third step in his evolution. Comic book to cartoon to, now, live-action.

I think your personal evolution runs hand in hand with your professional evolution. Performance and the person you are kind of grow simultaneously.

The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them.

The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons no less than nations.

The whole question of evolution seems less momentous than it did, because, unlike the Victorians, we do not feel that to be descended from animals is degrading to human dignity.

To put it simply, no Darwin, no Hitler. Hitler tried to speed up evolution, to help it along, and millions suffered and died in unspeakable ways because of it.

The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.

Pacifism is a nice idea but it can get you killed. We're not there yet. Evolution is slow, small pox is fast.

Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid ... research and discussions ... with regard to the doctrine of evolution.

You can always find an evolutionary quotation for anything. But the question is whether it's functional, which is not the same as being evolutionary.

It has taken four billion years of evolution to generate this kind of organism with this kind of brain, and yet we wake up in the morning and feel bored.

There are several key pieces to keeping audiences engaged, and the evolution of that. One of them, mostly importantly really, is to have a brand that has purpose and value.

By the cold Darwinian logic of natural selection, evolution codifies happenstance into strategy.

I think the whole of music comes down to one's personality. It's not about the notes or how you press the keys; it's where you are in your evolution of consciousness.

There is a tendency for people to say evolution is only a theory. That is inappropriate.

Believing in evolution is believing in the unproved, while believing in Christ is believing in the proven.