"Wilberforce did not believe in either evolution or extinction. Owen believed in extinction but not evolution. Lamarck believed in evolution but not extinction. Darwin believed in evolution and extinction. All four of them believed in God."

-- Sara Maitland

#Believe Quotes #Four Quotes #Extinction Quotes

“All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the least durable, is the most violent.”

Source : Fisher Ames (1835). “The influences of democracy on liberty, property, and the happiness of society, considered”, p.45
“As long as I can stay creative and used my mind, it can be 20 hours a day. I sleep four hours, so I've got 20 hours.”
“Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.”

Source : Joseph J. Ellis (2003). “Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation”, p.16, Vintage
“Steve Nicol never gives more than 120 per cent.”
“The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The solitary Bee Whose buzzing was the only sound of life, Flew there on restless wing, Seeking in vain one blossom where to fix.”
“It's easy to see golf not as a game at all but as some whey-faced, nineteenth-century Presbyterian minister's fever dream of exorcism achieved through ritual and self-mortification.”
“Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.”

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