Quotes About Evolution

I believe that those in the city must be left to work out their own destiny," the hist-techneer said at last. "In a manner of thinking that choice is now a retreat. They wish life to remain as it always has been. But that is just what life never does. It goes up—one advances—or it goes down—one retreats. And if one tried to stand still—that is retreat.

Mi chiedevo com'era possibile che le persone più vicine mi cambiassero davanti in modo così improvviso, senza che io avessi avuto nemmeno il tempo di capire che c'era una trasformazione nell'aria.

Quand'è che quello spirito ha cominciato a cambiare? Quando hanno cominciato a cambiare loro? O hanno semplicemente smesso di essere come avrebbero voluto essere, E sono tornate a essere come sono? A che punto il gioco dell'invenzione si è trasformato in sforzo di costruzione, impegno dopo impegno, vincolo dopo vincolo? Quand'è che la leggerezza si è trasformata in peso?

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Viste —dijo Marcos cuando salimos—. Llega al mundo con tremendo golpazo y a los pocos minutos está caminando. Ni se queja. Eso se llama recuperación. —O sea —lo miré—. ¿Vos decís que sería bueno ser jirafa? Se rio con la boca abierta y me palmeó la espalda. —Capaz que sí, Emita. Capaz que estaría bueno ser jirafa.

A tree 'fires' its leaves every autumn, and a mother bird 'fires' its babies from the nest in spring, right? Be alert to the need to call an end to a relationship within your business, and if it's your turn to fire, do it swiftly.

Biology, list history, is not built with 'if's.

understood that migration was a kind of death, in which one's old self must be buried in order for a new self to be born, and that this move has made me who I am today.

For endless minutes he crawled after them wondering why the hell he was working his ass off to save humanity. Humanity? Weren't most people like those two fools ahead? Brainless cattle. That's whose future he was trying to save? Evolution, or just a coincidence, might have brought forth a couple of people who might be worth the effort but most were just a waste of space.

Die Ära der Nationen ist vorbei. Eine Zeit lang werden die Menschen noch daran festhalten, wie an Großmutters Teeservice, das man nie benutzt, weil es nicht spülmaschinenfest ist, aber eine der nächsten Generationen wird nicht mehr verstehen, wozu eine Nation gut sein soll.«

Or is there another phase, beyond peaceful protest?

The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.

Death is not enough for such men. We must add mechanics

This is important, Your Honor, because it establishes the fact that language, like blood, is a living thing that proceeds forward in time.

Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes penned the majority opinion, which included these immortal words: It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind.… Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

I am not a hero in soul and never will be, but I am better than I was before. Or so I tell myself; and for now that is enough.

Things should be judged by distance traveled rather than by current position.

And just when you start thinking that you've accepted who you are, that changes, too. Because who you are is not permanent.

Personal growth must sometimes be measured by distance travelled rather than by current position

I am not a hero in soul and never will be, but I am better than I was.

I am not a hero in soul and never will be, but I am better than I was. Or so I tell myself; and for now, that is enough.

Beyond Earth are vast and magnificent realms full of objects that have no counterpart on our home planet. Nevertheless, we hope to show you that the evolution of the universe has been directly responsible for your presence on Earth today.

know how to turn a failed experiment into a life lesson

Population genetics certainly underpins the origin of species, but the persistence of species is commonly adjudicated by Earth's environmental dynamism.