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

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.

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.

Wealth is neither an ends nor a means, it is a symptom.

Sometimes, you must know "Why", that happen, or this will happen...!?

Those friends thou hast and their adoption tried grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.

It's amazing. Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.

Get mad, then get over it.

Good people need room to develop. They have to find their own voice . . . each IBMer is a businessperson working within the framework of the company structure.

When they circumcised Herbert Samuel they threw away the wrong bit

...it's not enough to fight for a better world; we also have to live lives worth fighting for.

Old age is a powerful disguise.

Being a champion and staying that way is the most difficult thing to deal with. Everyone sees you as a target. They want to bring you down.