"Artificial selection turned the wolf into the shepherd, and the wild grasses into wheat and corn. In fact, almost every plant and animal that we eat today was bred from a wild, less edible ancestor. If artificial selection can work such profound changes in only ten or fifteen thousand years, what can natural selection do operating over billions of years? The answer is all the beauty and diversity of life."

-- Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Animal Quotes #Years Quotes #Profound Quotes

“The last to learn of gossip are the parties concerned”

Source : Khushwant Singh (2009). “Train to Pakistan”, p.74, Penguin Books India
“Did ever woman, since the creation of the world, interrupt a man with such a silly question?”
“The joys of the evil flow away like a torrent.”
“It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.”
“Many of the most deeply spiritual moments of my life haven't happened just in my mind or in my soul. They happened while holding my son in the middle of the night, or watching the water break along the shore, or around my table, watching the people I love feel nourished in all sorts of ways.”
“What we can say for sure is that, at the very least, God calls every Christian to live with a missionary heart.”
“We began to see the renovation of our offices as a subtle part of the Nixon war against the press.”
“My feeling is I haven't done anything yet.”

Source : Source: www.empireonline.com

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