"In evolution, as in all areas of science, our knowledge is incomplete. But the entire success of the scientific enterprise has depended on an insistence that these gaps be filled by natural explanations, logically derived from confirmable evidence. Because "intelligent design" theories are based on supernatural explanations, they can have nothing to do with science."

-- Bruce Alberts

#Intelligent Quotes #Design Quotes #Gaps Quotes

“We are the raison d'Ãªtre of the entire system. We are also the employers of those in public office and in the public service. Why should we accept from them a discourse which suggests contempt for us and for the democratic system?”
“I think that there's been a lot of people in Congress that didn't know all the ins and outs of the Constitution. I think we have a whole roomful of people that have record legislation in terms of quantity of pages that didn't read it.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 24, 2010.
“The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.”
“I hold myself indebted to any one from whose enlightened understanding another ray of knowledge communicates to mine. Really to inform the mind is to correct and enlarge the heart.”
“I have directed all of my cabinet to work to prepare a transition plan for the incoming administration.”
“I do not want chemistry to degenerate into a religion; I do not want the chemist to believe in the existence of atoms as the Christian believes in the existence of Christ in the communion wafer.”
“Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest.”
“Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.”

You may also like:

Arthur Kornberg
Researcher
David Baltimore
Biologist
Erwin Chargaff
Francis Crick
Scientist
Gregor Mendel
Scientist
J. Michael Bishop
James D. Watson
Molecular Biologist
Rosalind Franklin
Scientist
Shirley M. Tilghman
Molecular Biologist