"Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability."

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Source : "Evolution in Action". Book by Julian S. Huxley, 1953.

Ronald Fisher

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“Society's the mother of convention.”
“The love of dirt is among the earliest of passions, as it is the latest. Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. Fondness for the ground comes back to a man after he has run the round of pleasure and business, eaten dirt, and sown wild oats, drifted about the world, and taken the wind of all its moods. The love of digging in the ground (or of looking on while he pays another to dig) is as sure to come back to him, as he is sure, at last, to go under the ground, and stay there.”

Source : Charles Dudley Warner (2006). “My Summer in a Garden: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com
“There is a land that I can go to When I have time to rest. All the people I love are there And those who love me best.”

Source : Song: Ireland, Album: A Child's Adventure
“I must say I am not pleased to have to arrange the Senate schedule around the availability of Senators who are running for President.”
“Don't blow your tomorrows, don't throw away your love. You've got to be wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove.”

Source : Song: As Wise As A Serpent
“Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born,”
“I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.”
“Honing a thing down until you can still get through with economy, that's power. Learn your technique thoroughly, immerse yourself in it, and then just throw it all out the window, and express what you feel... and it will come through that you are a technician.”

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