Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely.

Splitting and gradual divergence of genera is exemplified very well and in a large variety of organisms.

The fact -- not theory -- that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in popular opinion that the distinction must be stressed.

I have a debt, a loyalty to the museum; the best place for me to do what I wanted to do.

I don't know where to put whales. I'm sticking them here, but I don't have any reason for it.

Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind

Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing world, and not at all as if they were moving toward a set goal.

The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle.

...the argument from absence of transitional types boils down to the striking fact that such types are always lacking unless they have been found.

It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying anything or at least they are not science.

The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually covert, even subconscious.

All products are a multiplication of time invested

Age is measured by the dreams not by the years.

Now, then, that is the tale. Some of it is true.

Only thirteen, and she knows how to nasty.

Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.

It is often easier for our children to obtain a gun than it is to find a good school.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

I really like it. I really, really like it. Ah, ah, ah, ah...buried alive...buried alive.

Who one was, where one came from, what one was expected to be, the height of courage and character that were to be achieved, were woven into the fabric that linked oneself to all. . .

If you peel back the layers of your life-the frenzy, the noise-stillness is waiting. That stillness is you.