Famous Quotes & Sayings

E. O. Wilson

Evolution by natural selection is not an idle hypothesis. The genetic variation on which selection acts is well understood in principle all the way down to the molecular level.

Ronald Fisher

We have usually no knowledge that any one factor will exert its effects independently of all others that can be varied, or that its effects are particularly simply related to variations in these other factors.

John Steinbeck

You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous.

Jacqueline Carey

There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme

Erwin Schrodinger

In Darwin's theory, you just have to substitute 'mutations' for his 'slight accidental variations' (just as quantum theory substitutes 'quantum jump' for 'continuous transfer of energy'). In all other respects little change was necessary in Darwin's theory...

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Freedom for me is a strict frame, and inside that frame are all the variations possible.

Franz Liszt

Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.

C. S. Lewis

There are no variations except for those who know a norm, and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious.

Ernst Mayr

Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection.

Louis Pasteur

You have not succeeded in your experiments, that is all there is to it.

Meher Baba

You must make bold experiments in life!

Bill Ayers

Every relationship is an experiment and what one learns from it is so fascinating.

John Thune

The Obama experiment has failed

Adam Smith

Have lots of experiments, but make sure they're strategically focused.

Steven Boylan

I know this is a big one, but I can't say if it is related to anything that is going on.

Kiesza

It wasn't until I wrote 'Hideaway' that I found the song I related to as an artist.

Anwar Robinson

Everything I do is music-related.

Lana Hall

You better not talk about anybody. Because they're going to be related to somebody.

Damian Marley

Everyone is related to Africa; everyone comes from Africa. We are all distant relatives.

Amiri Baraka

You can't be an American without being related to other Americans.

Edward Hirsch

Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.

Jack Johnson

We're all related. We're all a family.

Tibby Johnston

Most stories are related to respect. So they know that we need to respect everything.