Quotes About Evolution

Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.

Civilization is paralysis.

Philosophy is the history of philosophy.

Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river.

These are the times, the times of our own, these are the shapes the world we formed.

In the eyes of dialectical philosophy, nothing is established for all times, nothing is absolute or sacred.

The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest.

Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.

Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow on another like the withered leaves of Autumn.

I've had two children. I've had three boyfriends. I've had a lot of things happen that can change your opinions and values and philosophies.

The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually covert, even subconscious.

No reality transforms itself.

The most important thing about a technology is how it changes people.

'Neotenty' is 'remaining young,' and it may be ironic that it is so little known, because human evolution has been dominated by it.

It's something that's very often said that philosophy, as opposed to science, never makes any progress.

Philosophy is a state of fermentation a process without final outcome.

To adjust your philosophy and creativity in fashion to the time you're living in is the most important thing.

The only thing constantly changing is change, and change is always changing for the worse.

Darwinism is not merely a support for naturalistic philosophy: it is a product of naturalistic philosophy.

I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere.

Small changes in thought can bring massive changes in life.