"Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself."

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Source : George Gaylord Simpson (1967). “The Meaning of Evolution: A Study of the History of Life and of Its Significance for Man”, p.345, Yale University Press

George Gaylord Simpson

#Fire Quotes #Tree Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without at the same time defining its terms.”
“Even your pity is like a blast of wind and the words you speak would strip a tree of its blossoms.”
“We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.”

Source : "25 million of us buy his skinny lattes every week" by John Carlin, www.theguardian.com. July 13, 2003.
“You have to work with what you are given, even in Shakespeare. we have our form and it is important that we free ourselves through it.”
“When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success.”

Source : "Chairman of LVMH, Bernard Arnault". "Talk Asia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2005.
“Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.”
“While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many.”
“We're not going to make Evolution or any of our other products depend on Mono anytime in the near future.”

Source : Interview with Eugenia Loli, mobile.osnews.com. June 3, 2003.

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