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.

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

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.

Life will only have a meaning once you've achieved to find your true passion and love within the limitless boundaries of destiny

We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races.

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

There is nothing more fragile than civilization.

Put your trust in the living God and all will be right in time and eternity.

Head, you may think; heart, you may feel; But hand, you shall work alway!

Ultimately, it's a really brave thing to do what makes you happy as opposed to what the norm, or the social norm is, and that's a very important thing for people to remember, especially young women.

Leave your comfortable life and go in search of your kingdom.

Old age - that's when a woman takes vitamins A through G, and still looks like H.

For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown.