Man is a glorious and unique species of animal. The species originated by evolution.... Future evolution could raise man to superb heights as yet hardly glimpsed, but it will not automatically do so. As far as can now be foreseen, evolutionary degeneration is at least as likely in our future as is further progress.The only way to ensure a progressive evolutionary future for mankind is for man himself to take a hand in the process. Although much further knowledge is needed, it is unquestionably possible for man to guide his own evolution (within limits) along desirable lines. But the great weight of the most widespread...beliefs and institutions is against even attempting such guidance. ["Man's evolutionary future," 1960, p. 134.]

“Our jointly developed, software-only solution with Nortel provides forward-thinking companies a powerful combination to improve the performance of their customer service. The offering is more efficient, less expensive to maintain, and offers a single point of administration - all of which lead to a lower total cost of ownership. It allows for a phased evolution from traditional telephony to advanced IP capabilities that protect a company's investment.”

It is very difficult to evolve by altering the deep fabric of life; any change there is likely to be lethal. But fundamental change can be accomplished by the addition of new systems on top of old ones…Thus evolution by addition and the functional preservation of the preexisting structure must occur for one of two reasons-either the old function is required as well as the new one, or there is no way of bypassing the old system that is consistent with survival.

“We have some evidence that people are reacting to the state board's evolution debates, ... People are raising questions whether certain kinds of science can be done successfully in Kansas.”

“It will be the pre-eminent applied research laboratory for Internet technologies. This is a very exciting opportunity for researchers and technologists to have an immediate impact on the next evolution of Microsoft's Internet products and services...”

“One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.”

“What they're doing makes perfect sense. It's easy to be critical. But what we're seeing right before our eyes is the evolution of the brokerage and financial-services industry.”

“[Intelligent design advocates were ebullient Tuesday.] It's very significant for the students of Kansas, ... Instead of just the evidence that supports evolution, they're going to see all sides.”

“One of the most important discoveries from studying ancient mitochondrial DNA is the estimate of when humans diverged in evolution from the Neanderthals - around half a million years ago,”

“Most companies went through the same evolution. We all started off talking about community support and donations. But we gradually started to include business practices.”