"Molecular evidense suggests that our common ancestor with the chimpanzees lived, in Africa, between 5 and 7 million years ago, say half a million generations ago. This is not long by evolutionary standards."

-- Richard Dawkins

#Years Quotes #Long Quotes #Generations Quotes

“You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.”
“I am interested in garnering the white vote, and the black vote, and the Latin vote, and the Asian vote, and the business vote, and the labor vote.”
“There is no easy off button for your brain.It would be really really nice if there were.”
“You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can. If you love everyone and everything you lose your natural powers of selection and wind up being a pretty poor judge of character and quality. If anything is used too freely it loses its true meaning. Therefore, the Satanist believes you should love strongly and completely those who deserve your love, but never turn the other cheek to your enemy!”
“I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.”
“Life is short. You have to be able to laugh at our pain or we never move on.”
“Income tax filing and payment day should be moved from April 15th to November 1st so it can be close to election day. People ought to have their tax bills fresh in mind as they go to vote.”
“Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something (All The King's Men)”

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