Quotes tagged ‘Evolution’

“Pictured here in 1954, the beloved star got her start as a teenager, picking up early work through commercials and programs on the radio.”

— Madeline Boardman , ew.com

“To watch Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is to take a master class in image construction.”

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, vulture.com

“I learned the difference between a moment and a career is evolution. Evolution. You will slow down. You will get old. Your body will fail you. So, you evolve, you change your game, you do what you need to do with the time you got. If not, you go extinct. Evolve or go extinct. Are you ready to go ext…”

— Jay Baruchel, Jesse Chabot, Xavier Laflamme, Marc-André Grondin, imdb.com

“The years passed, mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes that genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution, but sadly the greatest minds and resources where focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections.”

— Mike Judge, Etan Cohen, Narrator (voice), Earl Mann, imdb.com

“My brain is doing what my brain is supposed to do and looking for predators. It doesn’t want me to brush all these threats off, it wants me to survive and in what kind of quality is an afterthought.”

— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com

“Once a culture has complete understanding of its genetic information, it reengineers itself for survival.”

— Terence McKenna, amazon.com

“And I, too, don’t know toward what undreamt condition inch by inch I go.”

— Richard Wilbur, amherst.edu

“And remember what happened to the aborigines. A more advanced race nearly wiped 'em out.”

— Eric Heisserer, Colonel Weber, Forest Whitaker, imdb.com

“Emma Ren: So, this genocide, the reason you say you fled, what were its origins? Was it state-sponsored? Was the government involved? Caleb: They took over the government. They took over every government. Emma Ren: Who? Caleb: Apex. They said they were man's next evolution, our genetic destiny. Said…”

— Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, Emma Ren, Sandrine Holt, imdb.com

“Every boat is copied from another boat... Let’s reason as follows in the manner of Darwin. It is clear that a very badly made boat will end up at the bottom after one or two voyages, and thus never be copied... One could then say, with complete rigor, that it is the sea herself who fashions the boat…”

— Alain, Emile Chartier, en.wikiquote.org

“The man who has learned the great truth that the method of God with his world is the method of evolution, of growth, of slow and steady advance, has also learned not to look with contempt upon the past.”

— Minot Savage, archive.org

“The Theory of Evolution, like the Theory of Gravity, is a scientific fact. Evolution really happened. Accepting our kinship with all life on Earth is not only solid science, in my view, it's also a soaring spiritual experience.”

— Ann Druyan, Steven Soter, Himself - Host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, imdb.com

“I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.”

— John McCain, presidency.ucsb.edu

“We've managed to slip evolution's leash now, haven't we? We can cure any disease, keep even the weakest of us alive, and, you know, one fine day perhaps we shall even resurrect the dead. Call forth Lazarus from his cave. Do you know what that means? It means that we're done. That this is as good as…”

— Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan, Dr. Robert Ford, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com

“Evolution forged the entirety of sentient life on this planet using only one tool: the mistake.”

— Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan, Dr. Robert Ford, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com

“But evolution is only a theory! Which is true. I mean, it is only a theory, it’s good that they say that. I think, it gives you hope, doesn’t it?”

— Tim Minchin, brandongaille.com

“Before about 25 years ago, the species simply did not exist. A single drastic mutation in a single crayfish produced the marbled crayfish in an instant. The mutation made it possible for the creature to clone itself, and now it has spread across much of Europe and gained a toehold on other continent…”

— Carl Zimmer, nytimes.com

“Ascension requires flexibility & a willingness to adjust your personal algorithm when necessary. Thoughts, habits & behaviors that worked at one level may not work at the next.”

— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com

“Understand that evolution requires surrender. It is a series of small deaths; death of old habits, death of old relationships, death of old friendships & death of old choices. Death is the gateway to new life. Listen to your intuition. It is guiding you toward your highest self.”

— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com

“I believed in evolution until I met you.”

— Unknown, thoughtcatalog.com