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theory-of-evolution littles faces
I can have little patience with those who oppose ... the theory of evolution or what are called "mechanistic" explanations of the phenomena of life because of certain moral consequences which at first seem to follow from these theories, and still less with those who regard it as irrelevant or impious to ask certain questions at all. By refusing to face the facts , the conservative only weakens his own position. Friedrich August von Hayek
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 world able
I finally became convinced that the theory of creation actually had a much better scientific basis than the theory of evolution, for the creation model was actually better able to explain the physical and biological complexity in the world... Roy Spencer
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 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 dams cheese
The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese. Eoin Colfer
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
yield people democracy
To suggest we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimism. To say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, yet unsatisfactory, conclusion. ... It is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy, and did the best they could. Walter Cronkite
yield subsidies prudent
We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax burden of us prudent abstainers at the expense of the benighted masses of wishful thinkers. Willard Van Orman Quine
yield people generosity
If we are to have a culture as resilient and competent in the face of necessity as it needs to be, then it must somehow involve within itself a ceremonious generosity toward the wilderness of natural force and instinct. The farm must yield a place to the forest, not as a wood lot, or even as a necessary agricultural principle but as a sacred grove - a place where the Creation is let alone, to serve as instruction, example, refuge; a place for people to go, free of work and presumption, to let themselves alone. (pg. 125, The Body and the Earth) Wendell Berry
yield age teeth
Devouring Time and envious Age, all things yield to you; and with lingering death you destroy, step by step, with venomed tooth whatever you attack. Ovid
yield understanding conquer
Yield to him who opposes you; by yielding you conquer.
yield statistics imperfect
My knowledge of the human psyche is as yet imperfect. Certain areas won't yield to computation. Poul Anderson
yield satisfaction bargaining
The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated. B. C. Forbes
yield goodwill
Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.
yield details tiny
One must be entirely sensitive to the structure of the material that one is handling. One must yield to it in tiny details of execution, perhaps the handling of the surface or grain, and one must master it as a whole. Barbara Hepworth
records goes-on world
I want make more records with my sister. I want to go on the road. I want to tour around the world. I want to continue to make great films and work with incredible directors that I respect and look up to. AJ Michalka
records
I don't really make records chronologically. Regina Spektor
records dollars artwork
I still can't spend a lot of money on records at collector prices. There's something in me that just won't allow me to do that. But I will trade my artwork, which I know is worth thousands of dollars. Robert Crumb
records pressure come-up
This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome. Robert Wyatt
records enough lows
An irresistable footnote: in 1971, pension fund managers invested a record 122% of net funds available in equities - at full prices they couldn't buy enough of them. In 1974, after the bottom had fallen out, they committed a then record low of 21% to stocks. Warren Buffett
records lasts realizing
My notes have a curious tendency, as I realize at last, to annihilate all they purport to record. Samuel Beckett
records want albums
I definitely want to record an album, direct a film and start my own religion. Robert Pattinson
records produce deals
Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records. Waylon Jennings
records whatever-it-takes objects
The object is to make a great record and you have to do whatever it takes. Tony Visconti