"The major novelty of my theory was its claim that the most rapid evolutionary change does not occur in widespread, populous species, as claimed by Most geneticists, but in small founder populations."

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Source : Ernst Mayr (1988). “Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist”, Harvard University Press

Ernst Mayr

#Novelty Quotes #Population Quotes #Doe Quotes

“A picture tells a thousand words. But you get a thousand pictures from someone's voice.”
“Honey, I just forgot to duck.”

Source : Quoted in N.Y. Times, 20 Feb. 1927. Said to his wife after losing the world heavyweight boxing championship to Gene Tunney, 23 Sept. 1926. President Ronald W. Reagan joked to his wife, "Honey, I forgot to duck!" after John Hinckley tried to assassinate him 30 Mar. 1981.
“I've always considered myself a graphic artists - a draftsman - as opposed to a typist. I do still work on a drawing table. At times drawing on a computer feels like I'm drawing on an Etch-a-Sketch.”
“She did not so much cook as assassinate food.”
“A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies.”
“Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.”

Source : Ann Landers (1981). “Ann Lander's Encyclopedia, A to Z: Improve Your Life Emotionally, Medically, Sexually, Socially, Spiritually”, Ballantine Books
“Just smile for me and let the day begin.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 07, 2015
“Yes, my dolls were the beginning. Obviously there was a convulsive flavor to them because they reflected my anxiety and unhappiness. To an extent they represented an attempt to reject the horrors of adult life as it was in favor of a return to the wonder of childhood, but the eroticism was all-important, they became an erotic liberation for me.”

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