“Unless biology is geared toward an evolution perspective, we are going to a dead-end. Our science courses have to be geared toward evolution ...[and] science education has to be religion-free.”

“I think everyone is realizing that we need to be doing a great deal more. We just haven't made the effort to communicate evolution to people in terms they can understand. Evolution is exciting.”

“For the first time, we've shown that the difference in the rate of molecular evolution between humans and chimpanzees is very small, but significant, suggesting the evolution of human-specific life history traits is very recent.”

“The species concept debate has devolved from an empirical discussion into a philosophical one. But this is fundamentally an empirical question. These data support the notion that species can be both units of evolution and products of evolution.”

The evolution of technology is, like the evolution of literature, heavily path-dependent. Culture plays a far more important role in the acceptance, adoption, and spread of technology than many of us are willing to acknowledge.

“No myth of miraculous creation is so marvelous as the face of man's evolution”

“Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.”

“Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution”

“The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.”

“All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite.”