Quotes About Evolution

For millions of years, human beings have conquered their ignorance by dividing the labor of discovery

People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4 000 meters.

So often, over the history of the oil industry, it is said that technology has gone about as far as it can and that the "end of the road" for the oil industry is in sight. And then, new innovations dramatically expand capabilities. This pattern would be repeated again and again.

I don't doubt that at the dawn of martial arts, the main goal was to beat up one's opponents in the most effective way possible. But then, indirectly, the alchemy of martial arts began to strike some chords deep within the spirit of many individuals, transforming living war-machines into poets, artists, and philosophers.

Not everyone is meant to stay forever.

È qui la differenza con gli altri mammiferi: mentre nei placentati è il cucciolo che deve suggere il latte, il neonato marsupiale di questa pompa muscolare non ha affatto bisogno. E, guarda caso, è proprio per evoluzione di quei muscoli che noi placentati sviluppiamo una mimica facciale. Quella che, come insegnava Darwin, consente l'espressione delle emozioni.

Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them.

That's what growth is all about. It doesn't come when things are status quo. It happens only when something new is introduced, forcing every integral part to adjust. This is a universal law that can be applied on any level of life.

Make new mistakes every day. Don't waste time repeating the old ones.

Every business needs a core strategy to be what I call always on the improve , for us it's constant, gentle pressure.

But the worst mistake is not to figure out some way to end up in a better place after having made a mistake. We call that 'writing a great last chapter.

For National Socialism saw itself as the final realization of human evolution in the most unfeelingly raw and Darwinian form. "Everything in life is struggle," said Himmler. "Everything is selection. That which survives in the final analysis through the centuries is always the better and the stronger.

Vielleicht war es gut für mich, dass alles so kam, wie es gekommen war. Damit die Vergangenheit auch verging. Damit man nicht mehr dorthin zurückkonnte, damit man sie hinter sich lassen konnte, als machte man mit einer alten Kamera ein schlechtes Foto und kurbelte den Film dann einfach weiter.

Io penso che le cose cambino, è ovvio. Ma in base alla mia esperienza, penso spesso che le cose cambiano perché la gente non cambia.

The waters of spirituality are forever changing and forever constant. Prejudice or fixed ideas can only weigh you down and remove you from the flow. - The Book of Metanoia (D. Williamsen)

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.

No quieras reproducir tal cual en tu casa, la casa que dejaste al casarte. A menos que quieras comprobarlo por ti mismo, siempre tal cosa será generadora de abundantes discusiones y distanciamientos que pueden y deben evitarse. Has comenzado una nueva etapa, a escribir una nueva historia. La clave aquí es esa palabra increíble: «nueva». No lo olvides.

El hecho de que las medusas hayan sobrevivido seiscientos cincuenta años sin cerebro, es una gran noticia para algunos varones, incluyendo a tu novio. —¡Ay! No seas tan malo.

Life is spherical now.

Alors qu'au Nord, la vie est rythmée par des saisons très contrastées ou tout se joue : les émotions comme l'économie. À chaque nouvelle saison, on a l'impression d'habiter une nouvelle ville. Elle nous entraîne dans une farandole : de nouveaux habits, un nouveau discours (on parle de chose différente d'une saison à l'autres), un nouveau sport, nouveaux débats politiques, une nouvelle cuisine. La vie est différente à chaque nouvelle saison.

and now I laugh at how the world changed me, and I think life chose me . . . after all.

You will become less organized as you get older.

Did you ever notice that when you read the same book again and again, the book doesn't change, but you do?