"The evolution of life, and the evolutionary origin of mankind, are scientifically established as firmly and completely as any historical event not witnessed by human observers. Any concession to anti-evolutionists, suggesting that there are scientific reasons to doubt the facticity of evolution, would be propagating a plain untruth."

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Source : Letter to J. Kunamoto, 1972.

Theodosius Dobzhansky

#Historical Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things.”
“The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.”

Source : Maureen Johnson (2009). “The Key to the Golden Firebird”, Harper Collins
“I saw the dance as a vision of ineffable power. A man could, with dignity and a towering majesty, dance. Not mince, cavort, do "fancy dancing" or "showoff" steps. No: Dance as Michelangelo's visions dance and as the music of Bach dances.”
“I think men of science as well as other men need to learn from Christ, and I think Christians whose minds are scientific are bound to study science that their view of the glory of God may be as extensive as their being is capable. But I think that the results which each man arrives at in his attempts to harmonize his science with his Christianity ought not to be regarded as having any significance except to the man himself, and to him only for a time, and should not receive the stamp of a society.”

Source : James Clerk Maxwell (2002). “The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell:”, p.188, Cambridge University Press
“Ya think that the whiskey tastes good? Try a big cup of sobriety - now that is the good stuff!”
“America is one of the biggest businesses in the world, and the people who run it can't balance their budget. We need business people in there and lobbyists out of there.”
“Normally, you go into the recording studio, make a record and then take it on the road and you think... wow... I could have done THIS to it, or something.”
“For an individual fully to play himself, rather than to sound like someone else, is possibly the hardest thing to do.”

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