"Evolution as a process that has always gone on in the history of the earth can only be doubted by those who are ignorant of the evidence or are resistant to evidence, owing to emotional blocks or plain bigotry."

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Source : "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution". The American Biology Teacher, volume 35, p.125-9, March, 1973.

Theodosius Dobzhansky

#Block Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Ignorant Quotes

“I think festivals are way more easygoing than back-to-back tours are. 'Cause for me, when you get to go to a festival, you get to hang out all day, and you're really taken care of, and there's usually a little artist village where all the artists have their own tents, and it's catered, and then you go and play an hour-long set depending on where you are on the lineup. And then you go back and you hang out and you even get to go watch other artists play. So it's really just a fun interactive experience for everybody.”
“For everybody who thinks it's warming, I can find somebody who thinks it isn't.”

Source : "Mitch McConnell: Congress Won’t Make ‘A Lot Of Big Important Things’ Happen This Year" By Samantha Lachman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2014.
“I say no to nothing, yes to moderation. Thats how I approach everything. No matter if its candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, youre satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.”
“We can neither change nor overpower God's eternal suffrage against selfishness and meanness.”

Source : James Martineau (1879). “Hours of thought on sacred things, sermons”
“I am delighted to be joining 'Guardian U.S.''s team as a weekly columnist, and to have the chance to address American and global current events on its distinguished platform. 'Guardian U.S.' brings the 'Guardian''s hard-hitting investigative brand to a new focus on American news and opinion.”
“Louisville, Colorado, which was just voted by CNN and Money magazine as the best place to live, is a veritable Whitopia that is unaffected by the housing crisis and even the severe recession. You look at the best places to live, according to Money's 2009 list, and 9 of the 10 are Whitopias.”

Source : "Journey into the Heart of Whiteness". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. December 23, 2009.
“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”
“I write first drafts with only the good angel on my shoulder, the voice that approves of everything I write. This voice does'nt ask questions like, Is this good? Is this a poem? Are you a poet? I keep this voice at a distance, letting only the good angel whisper to me: Trust yourself. You can't worry a poem into existence.”

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