Quotes About Evolution

Instead of being born again, why not just grow up?

One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was fact, today is doctrine.

A Short History of Medicine 2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root." 1000 B.C. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer." 1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion." 1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill." 1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic." 2000 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root."

Tyrannosaurus drives. Tyrannosaurus texts. Tyrannosaurus rex.

Living involves tearing up one rough draft after another.

No matter how far in or out of the closet you are, you still have a next step.

Tyrannosaurus drinks. Tyrannosaurus drives. Tyrannosaurus rex.

[M]odern man is just ancient man... with way better electronics.

It would not be at all strange if history came to the conclusion that the perfection of the bicycle was the greatest incident of the nineteenth century.

Petroleum and coffee had no value a few centuries ago.

Life is not a final. It's daily pop quizzes.

The signs of the times.

Trigonometry is a sine of the times.

Geology shows that fossils are of different ages. Paleontology shows a fossil sequence, the list of species represented changes through time. Taxonomy shows biological relationships among species. Evolution is the explanation that threads it all together. Creationism is the practice of squeezing one's eyes shut and wailing "Does not!"

Modern man is the missing link between apes and human beings.

Windows is just DOS in drag.

Ultimately, aren't we all just talking monkeys with an attitude problem?

The earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

In the nineteenth century men lost their fear of God and acquired a fear of microbes.

Nevertheless, a maxim does not necessarily become a proverb. Many grubs never grow to butterflies; and a maxim is only a proverb in its caterpillar stage—a candidate for a wider sphere and longer flight than most are destined to attain.

It is characteristic of mankind to make as little adjustment as possible in customary ways in the face of new conditions; the process of social change is epitomized in the fact that the first Packard car body delivered to the manufacturer had a whipstock on the dashboard.

I had a life once... now I have a computer.

What's the matter with you guys? The sight of blonde hair knocks you three rungs down on the evolutionary ladder.

Who will change old lamps for new?