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theory-of-evolution creation-science evolution-of-man
If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find no such case. Charles Darwin
theory-of-evolution facts peculiar
The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an improved theory, is it then a science or faith?
theory-of-evolution yield records
The modern theory of evolution does not require gradual change. It in fact, the operation of Darwinian processes should yield exactly what we see in the fossil record. It is gradualism that we must reject, not Darwinism. Stephen Jay Gould
theory-of-evolution numbers origin-of-life
The likelihood of the formation of life from inanimate matter is 1 to a number with 40,000 noughts after it (1040,000).... It is big enough to bury Darwin and the whole theory of evolution. There was no primeval soup, neither on this planet nor any other, and if the beginnings of life were not random, they must therefore have been the product of purposeful intelligence. Fred Hoyle
theory-of-evolution president remember
Remember Henry Adam's jest that the succession of presidents from Washington to Grant disproved the theory of evolution? George Will
theory-of-evolution creative existence
Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence. Michael Polanyi
theory-of-evolution facts cosmos
The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact. Neil deGrasse Tyson
theory-of-evolution dams cheese
The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese. Eoin Colfer
theory-of-evolution characteristics inconsistent
The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution. Gary L. Francione
numbers mind age
Age is just a number, not a state of mind or a reason for any type of particular behaviour. Cecelia Ahern
numbers wrong-number sometimes
Sometimes wrong numbers are the right numbers
numbers long secret
The secrets of evolution are death and time-the deaths of enormous numbers of lifeforms that were imperfectly adapted to the environment; and time for a long succession of small mutations. Carl Sagan
numbers logical simplest
The simplest thought, like the concept of the number one, has an elaborate logical underpinning.
numbers people effort
The number of people on whose cooperative efforts your eventual existence depends has risen to approximately 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, which is several thousand times the total number of people who have ever lived. Bill Bryson
numbers buying population
China is clearly going to be the number one economic power and it is already full of potential.. with lots of population and the buying power increasing by the day. . Bernard Arnault
numbers lines foreheads
The number of lines in your forehead tells how many lives you've lived. Ashton Kutcher
numbers looks ifs
Look out for Number One. If you don't, no one else will. Arnold Rothstein
numbers lucky seven
Ninety-seven is my lucky number. Antonia Fraser
origin-of-life generations firsts
We are the first generation of human beings to have substantial insights into the origin of our cosmos and of human life in it. Arthur Peacocke
origin-of-life two giving
At long last, we may be returning to the original two-sided sense of the word virus, which originally signified either a life-giving substance or a deadly venom. Viruses are indeed exquisitely deadly, but they have provided the world with some of its most important innovations. Creation and destruction join together once more. Carl Zimmer
origin-of-life goal creative
I was originally supposed to become an engineer but the thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make practical everyday life even more refined, with a loathsome capital gain as the goal, was unbearable to me. Albert Einstein
origin-of-life might boeing
The chance that higher life forms might have emerged through evolutionary processes is comparable with the chance that a tornado sweeping through a junk yard might assemble a Boeing 747 from the material therein.
origin-of-life support earth
In short there is not a shred of objective evidence to support the hypothesis that life began in an organic soup here on the Earth.
origin-of-life mind evolution
Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved. Francis Crick
origin-of-life lessons-to-be-learned understanding
The lessons learned as we try to build ever more sophisticated nanomachines will almost certainly inform our understanding of the origins of life. Paul McEuen
origin-of-life growth important
The important point is that since the origin of life belongs in the category of at-least-once phenomena, time is on its side. However improbable we regard this event, or any of the steps which it involves, given enough time it will almost certainly happen at least once. And for life as we know it, with its capacity for growth and reproduction, once may be enough. George Wald
origin-of-life speak offers
So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in. Sean Penn