Quotes About Evolution

According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence to another.

The history of American agriculture suggests that you can have transformation without a master plan, without knowing all the answers up front.

Reorganization to me is shuffling boxes, moving boxes around. Transformation means that you're really fundamentally changing the way the organization thinks, the way it responds, the way it leads. It's a lot more than just playing with boxes.

Temporality and the transformation of energy are two very important aspects in my work.

I think it is a wonderful process of transformation from an actress to a producer.

The transformation of the United States from a traditional republic to a democratic nation run in large measure by a single executive took a couple of hundred years.

I am obsessed with the idea of transformation. I have been very lucky so far to play very different roles - and I would love for that to continue.

In this rapidly changing media environment, business transformations need to be closely linked to communications strategies.

I'm certainly proud of the transformation of Playboy from a magazine to a multimedia corporation.

When you're coming into a company and, you know, have to do a transformation, what you really want to do is look at the company and say, 'Okay, here are the parts that the company does well. How do we get those genes to hyper-express? The genes that are getting in the way, how do you turn those off?'

Every company, city, and country is becoming digital, navigating disruptive markets, and Cisco's role in the digital transformation has never been more important.

The IT organization can't drive or lead a digital transformation. It has to come from the business and the business strategy, because they're fundamental to how a company or an organization evolves.

How people watch and the different ways they connect to TV - you're going to see some expansion and radical transformation.

I care more, and I think readers do also, for characters in a state of transformation.

Change means resistance, and resistance means transformation and igniting energies.

When a role involves physical transformation, it helps build the character better.

Just look at the transformation Taylor Swift made from being pop country to pop pop. There are very specific things she cut out and very specific things she adopted.

Every time you create something new, there should be questions. And to me, that's a sign that you've actually done something that is transformative.

The radio was an improvement on the telegraph but it didn't have the same exponential, transformative effect.

Since the iPhone, the most transformative products have not been gadgets but services. Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat have changed lives, but they didn't launch to massive fanfare.

Drag has taught me that I have deliberate control over my image, and when this notion is applied to one's whole life, it is both powerful and transformative.

When I reflect on the losses I've experienced, I've come to believe that those experiences were transformative, that they shaped who I am.

At the end of the day, the Irvine Co. is slowly being transformed. Our long-term goal is to transform what was once an agricultural company to a development company, and to that, the next, final step is to create a large real estate investment company.

Education must be based on the certainty that faults cannot be atoned for or blotted out, but must always have their consequences. At the same time, there is the other certainty that, through progressive evolution, by slow adaptation to the conditions of environment, they may be transformed.