Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

What an odd time to be a fundamentalist about adaptation and natural selection - when each major subdiscipline of evolutionary biology has been discovering other mechanisms as adjuncts to selection's centrality.

Stephen Jay Gould

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1941 - May 20, 2002

Topics

TimeBiologyNaturalBeenOddAbout

In truth, Wall Street is in for a radical makeover. Fewer people, lower margins, lower risk, lower compensation - and ultimately, fewer talented people. It is likely to change the culture of an industry that for nearly a century has been the money center of the world.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

ChangeTruthCultureMoneyPeople

I think he came to the front door and rang the bell, and Maggie let him in, and he said he had forgotten his key; so I think she must have been down stairs.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

DoorThinkKeyDownStairsSaid

I think that sleep and work are very closely related - not because you can work while you're sleeping and sleep while you're working. That's not really what I mean. I'm talking specifically about the fact that sleep and work are phase-based, or stage-based, events.

Jason Fried

WorkSleepThinkTalkingYouMean

To be honest with you, girls didn't really start paying attention to me until after 'Clueless' came out. Then, all of a sudden, it was different. And that's the honest-to-goodness truth. I wasn't very popular until that happened. I have zero pickup lines. My game, I guess you could say, is my work.

Donald Faison

WorkTruthMeStartGameAttention

The biggest crime in England is to rise above your station. It's fine to be a pop star. 'Oh, it's great, lots of fun, aren't they sweet, these pop stars! But to think you have anything to say about how the world should work? What arrogance!'

Brian Eno

WorkStarsGreatFunSweetWorld

Triathlon is a sport where the legacy is obvious. Anyone can do it; there are loads you can do. It is a massive participation sport. You can do it as a challenge, for charity or whatever. I believe it will continue to grow, and I will look forward to that happening.

Alistair Brownlee

ChallengeYou Can Do ItLegacyGrow

The trail of dating sites relying heavily on Facebook is littered with failures.

Sunil Nagaraj

DatingTrailFacebookFailuresSites

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

Peggy Fleming

PositiveFightToughDownSkating

America's popular heroes have seldom been its great thinkers, and even less its scientists. The success of TV's 'Big Bang Theory,' which seems to give the lie to this claim, is more the exception that proves the rule.

Seth Shostak

SuccessGreatLieAmericaHeroes

If you are not on the web, you will have problems accessing services.

Tim Berners-Lee

ProblemsYouWillWebServices

I remember candy rationing until I was, like, 7.

Tim Curry

RememberCandyLikeI RememberUntil

I grew up with stories of people who start their own businesses and do really well. So I thought, 'OK, that's what you do.' I can thank my dad for that.

Nick Woodman

PeopleStartThoughtYouI CanOwn

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