George C. Williams Quotes

Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it.

George C. Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 12, 1926 - September 8, 2010

Topics

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I can't even open my eyes underwater.

Jessica Chastain

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Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less than you otherwise might.

Merle Shain

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In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.

John Sergeant Wise

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Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities.

Solomon Ortiz

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As technology progresses, and as it advances, many of us assume that these advances make us more intelligent, make us smarter and more connected to the world. And what I'd like to argue is that that's not necessarily the case, as 'progress' is simply a word for change, and with change you gain something, but you also lose something.

Tom Wujec

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I think the whole mission of being here on Earth is to accept what you have, and my journey was to accept my own life and not pretend anything else. I think that's what we all struggle with.

Michael Nyqvist

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Science operates in the natural, not the supernatural. In fact, I go so far as to state that there is no such thing as the supernatural or the paranormal.

Michael Shermer

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I'm tired of this discussion of capitalism and socialism; we live in the 21st century, we need an economic system that has democracy as its underpinnings and an ethical code.

Michael Moore

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As far as funding and building a team, you being romantically involved with your cofounder really shouldn't play a factor in how you run the company and how you create a team or find resources. It's all about the partnership.

Julia Hartz

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There's no doubt whatsoever that there's no future in capitalism. It's probably no more than 500 years old, and it's demonstrating over and over again that it is destroying the world.

Douglas Tompkins

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The songs I write are about searching, and they're ambiguous - always to be understood in different ways.

Donovan

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With Citizens United, the Supreme Court's declaration that corporations are people, the whims of one can silence the voices of millions.

Christine Pelosi

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