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

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 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.

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

Happiness is a choice, a repetitive one.

For me, Christmas is about family, loving, forgiveness, compassion, understanding and comradery.

The balance in your life is more important than the balance in your checking account.

How do you do?" said Violet. "How do you do?" said Klaus. "Odo yow!" said Sunny.

The key to growth is quite simple: creative men with money. The cause of stagnation is similarly clear: depriving creative individuals of financial power.

No one who has any self-respect stays in Ireland, but flees afar as though from a country that has undergone the visitation of an angered Jove.

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.

You know i was just thinking that it's better to die trying [to live your bravest dream] than to live sleeping.

You can't cheat the public for long.