“Evolution has no purpose; man must supply this for himself.” — George Gaylord Simpson, The Meaning of Evolution
Tag: evolution
Quote of the Day
“People are people and evolution takes generations.” — Yahooey
Quote of the Day
“To me nature created man, and nature is superior.” — Hans Selye, Genius Talk
Quote of the Day
“Evolution has no endpoint or direction, so if the development of society is an evolutionary process it is one that is going nowhere.” — John Gray, The Silence of Animals
Quote of the Day
“We have, as yet, no definite proof that too much brain, like too much armor, is not one of those unfortunate evolutionary accidents that lead to the annihilation of its possessors.” — Arthur C. Clarke, “When Earthman and Alien Meet,” Playboy (January 1968)
Quote of the Day
“The essential quality of life is living; the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution: and we are part of it.” — John Wyndham, The Chrysalids
Quote of the Day
“Evolution is beautiful in general but a real asshole in particular.” — Zach Weinersmith, Trees, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (2018-09-20)
Quote of the Day
“The real objection to the Darwinian theory is that man has not yet evolved from the ape.” — Clark Ashton Smith, “The Epigrams of Alastor“, The Dragon-Fly (October 1935)
Quote of the Day
“‘A mailman was drowned in the floods’ and ‘A mailman was murdered by a gunman’ may belong to the same category of events in evolution; but not in their significance to human society.” — John Fowles, The Aristos
Quote of the Day
“Will you honestly tell me whether you believe that the shape of my nose was ‘ordained & guided by an intelligent cause.’” — Charles Darwin
“Will you honestly tell me whether you believe that the shape of my nose was ‘ordained & guided by an intelligent cause.’” — Charles Darwin, Letter to Charles Lyell (21 August 1861)
Yahooey's Blog 