Stephen Jay Gould quote: "Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival."

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its ge...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as ...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to in...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

We who revel in nature's diversity and feel instructed by every animal tend to brand Homo sapiens ...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or quest...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more w...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. I...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronemen...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

All evolutionary biologists know that variation itself is nature's only irreducible essence... I...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

What an odd time to be a fundamentalist about adaptation and natural selection - when each major sub...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

I'm not a great deductive thinker, but I will admit to having competence in a very wide range of...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse t...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthoo...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life's history is a constant domination by ...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right.
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

We pass through this world but once. Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, ...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

My own field of paleontology has strongly challenged the Darwinian premise that life's major tra...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

I remember when we found the first population of living Cerion agassizi in central Eleuthera. Our hy...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold p...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try ...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good ...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

I love the wry motto of the Paleontological Society, meant both literally and figuratively, for hamm...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Evolution is a process of constant branching and expansion.
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Facts do not 'speak for themselves', they are read in the light of theory
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. An...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

We pass through this world but once.
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipul...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Even the standard example of ancient nonsense - the debate about angels on pinheads - makes sense on...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superi...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Why should our nastiness be the baggage of an apish past and our kindness uniquely human? Why should...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

The most important tactic in an argument next to being right is to leave an escape hatch for your op...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most seriou...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the expected ...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

The fundamentalists, by 'knowing' the answers before they start (examining evolution), and then forc...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold p...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

The telephone is the greatest single enemy of scholarship; for what our intellectual forebears used ...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Life began three and a half billion years ago, necessarily about as simple as it could be, because l...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

At a minimum, in explaining evolutionary pathways through time, the constraints imposed by history r...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesti...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards o...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclu...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

I dreamed of becoming a scientist, in general, and a paleontologist, in particular, ever since the T...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

No Geologist worth anything is permanently bound to a desk or laboratory, but the charming notion th...
STEPHEN JAY GOULD

I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.
JAY GOULD

I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half.
JACK GOULD

There is something supremely reassuring about television; the worst is always yet to come.
JACK GOULD

Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less ...
JACK GOULD

One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.
JACK GOULD

I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.
CHESTER GOULD

I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd create a fellow who could.
CHESTER GOULD

It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver.
MORTON GOULD

Disney is hoping to have a Harry Potter franchise out of this.
ALAN GOULD

There were no parents home, and the kid living there apparently decided to have some friends over, ....
ALAN GOULD

We've got small children and sick and elderly people dying every day, small children being raped and...
ALAN GOULD

She sold to an 18-year-old that we had sent in, ... This was the single one we checked that failed.
ALAN GOULD

A law that was passed on Aug. 29 indicates we must hold a public hearing prior to accepting unantici...
ALAN GOULD

Students interested in government or law have a grand opportunity to engage in panel conversation wi...
ALAN GOULD

This is a way by which the university can fulfill obligations,
ALAN GOULD

Perhaps this is something that should have been done long ago, ... It is a time to reflect who he wa...
ALAN GOULD

This is the 250th birthday celebration for our namesake. The least we can do is celebrate.
ALAN GOULD

It is imperative that the traditional media companies increase their Internet presence and we believ...
ALAN GOULD

I like reading, writing, hiking, camping, free running, surfing, rock climbing, long boarding, and s...
NOLAN GOULD

...Maude Harris told me that all was well with the world because medical science had profited by the...
JOE GOULD

I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.
TIM GOULD

For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure...
GERALD GOULD

For a long time, we've worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of exis...
ANDREW GOULD

I cannot bear assaults of any kind, and it seems to me that the Beatles essentially were out to affr...
GLENN GOULD

Chopin, Schubert, and Liszt had no idea of how to write for the piano.
GLENN GOULD

There was a second problem that was still not a technical problem... the project became classified. ...
GORDON GOULD

I don't believe that anyone can see the Grand Canyon area for themselves and not know that we ha...
NOLAN GOULD

It tends to indicate these Earth-mass planets are quite common, 10 to 50 times more common than prev...
ANDREW GOULD

For a long time, we've worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing...
ANDREW GOULD

There are really no other methods at present that can detect planets of this mass and at this separa...
ANDREW GOULD

(Producers') plans have already been put in place to achieve this, but it will take several years of...
ANDREW GOULD

Initial discussions with customers would indicate that the exploration and production spending envir...
ANDREW GOULD

The industry response to the current lack of an oil supply cushion and the long-term need to increas...
ANDREW GOULD

There will be no silver bullet. Rather it will be a combination of technologies.
ANDREW GOULD

To put that right it's going to take several years of very hard work by the oil industry to renew th...
ANDREW GOULD

I think we must be getting to a point now where price is going to have an effect on demand and that ...
ANDREW GOULD

Our industry faces new challenges,
ANDREW GOULD

Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to... But be respected, that is essential.
ANNA GOULD

I've actually always been a big fan of seafood. Sushi is one my favorite things.
ALEXANDER GOULD

But certainly the laser proved to be what I realized it was going to be. At that moment in my life I...
GORDON GOULD

The best parts of it will still be there.
BOB GOULD

I like to walk around, so I might see those businesses. But not everyone has the patience.
BOB GOULD

I had more fun ...
BOB GOULD

I had more fun ... You didn't want to miss a day because it was so much fun.
BOB GOULD

It's not as busy as I had hoped, but then every festival goes through tough times.
BOB GOULD

If you price your merchandise right, people will buy it. That's the way this business is. You roll w...
BOB GOULD

This was an excellent result. The sentencing reflects the crimes committed.
BOB GOULD

This will result in wells that will make a substantial improvement in the recovery factor just becau...
ANDREW GOULD

I'm fascinated with what happens to the creative output when you isolate yourself from the appro...
GLENN GOULD

I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd create a fellow who could.
CHESTER GOULD

I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all...
JOHN GOULD

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the grad...
GLENN GOULD

wealthier than I was.
WAYNE GOULD

the throwback feel of a mission during the Cold War, when American officials saw their main job as b...
DAVID GOULD

The scene we shot with Charlie Rose was actually the last piece that was ever shot for 'Breaking...
PETER GOULD

Obviously the shift to gas and the need for large amounts of gas in the United States is going to be...
ANDREW GOULD

A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other.
JOHN GOULD

If you don't fix latent failures in your system, you're asking for trouble.
JOHN GOULD

Isolation is the one sure way to human happiness.
GLENN GOULD

I lost everything. My parents lost everything.
DAVID GOULD

The things that we have in common [with Muslims] are not the things that bring peace. Only the thing...
DAVID GOULD

We call it, 'From mainstream to the local scene,'
DAVID GOULD

A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other
JOHN GOULD

I have met people who you would expect to be brilliant and they have a blind spot for this puzzle. A...
WAYNE GOULD

He was interested in a project with an electronic pulse,
ERIC GOULD

Behind every silver lining, there's a cloud.
GLENN GOULD

I detest audiences. Not in their individual components but en masse... I think they are a force of e...
GLENN GOULD

It has become fashionable in the last several years for the media to minimize and even dissemble abo...
CATHERINE GOULD

Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning ...
LYNETTE GOULD

Many deeply hidden memories have come flooding back. The important message here though is that it is...
LYNETTE GOULD

Frankly, its hard to blame the Legislature this session because the department took no initiative to...
JON GOULD

I have sold a number of frames, several paintings, and a tiger maple stand.
JOHN GOULD

At the time the world was all upside down. The American people were beginning to move around a lot. ...
JOHN GOULD

I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all. I think I'...
JOHN GOULD

If you don't fix latent failures in your system, you're asking for trouble.
JOHN GOULD

I don't think any of the early Romantic composers knew how to write for the piano... The music o...
GLENN GOULD

I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and ...
ELLIOTT GOULD

Dear Kim. Apparently you want to be a cartoonist. Stay with it.
CHESTER GOULD

Hes the smartest dog Ive ever had,
PETER GOULD

My schedule is usually pretty busy, so when I wake up in the morning, first thing I usually do is tu...
NOLAN GOULD

Our jointly developed, software-only solution with Nortel provides forward-thinking companies a powe...
DAVE GOULD

A record is a concert without halls and a museum whose curator is the owner.
GLENN GOULD

Everybody loves this place. It is so beautiful; everybody reaches out to one another.
GLENN GOULD

He's one of the greatest guys I ever knew. It's a sad, sad story. He always saw his glass as overflo...
DICK GOULD

No, no food. I want sex. Bring me some sex.
ELLIOTT GOULD

My problem was I let myself become known before I knew myself.
ELLIOTT GOULD

endless puzzles made up on the spot, all fresh and original.
WAYNE GOULD

I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.
ELLIOTT GOULD

If the state of oratory that inundates our educational institutions during the month of June could b...
SAMUEL GOULD

I have no idea what is in the Liberty portfolio.
ALAN GOULD

It's just a matter of paperwork. She has to go home to get her papers in order. Her application rene...
CATHY GOULD

They are an icon of the '50s, ... It was considered a friendly, comfortable American sports car,
DAVE GOULD

My dad was in the military. It was difficult sometimes, because he would have to be away a lot, and ...
NOLAN GOULD

We don't have any boundaries for it. If we're feeling it, it's OK.
ERIC GOULD

Yeah, it is. It's funny, once the crowd gets out there and you get a few wins under your belt -- hop...
STEVE GOULD

Did she? Oh good, maybe Kelley and I should hook up, eh?
STEVE GOULD

People enjoyed it immediately and other papers noticed the jump in circulation,
WAYNE GOULD

For her part, Amy Kev's Waffles with a passionate ferocity that she felt a little bit guilty about n...
EMILY GOULD

These guys are quite exceptional. They're practically off the planet. I can't begin to understand ho...
WAYNE GOULD

I'm not surprised that people like the puzzle -- I thought that was almost certain. I am surprised a...
WAYNE GOULD

She wondered if it counted as being good if you did the good thing for purely selfish reasons. Proba...
EMILY GOULD

Impact 360 transforms the speed at which companies can make informed decisions with unmatched visibi...
DAVE GOULD

All Microsoft has to do is make fundamental changes in the way Exchange works and every Blackberry s...
ALAN GOULD

Come on, somebody be brave.
DAVE GOULD

Maybe it's a good omen.
STEVE GOULD

This is a growing problem nationally and internationally. What aggravates this more are individuals ...
ALAN GOULD

I believe in evolution and I think when it comes to business and the roots of business and the funda...
ELLIOTT GOULD

There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that...
ELLIOTT GOULD

I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and chan...
ELLIOTT GOULD

Before we talk about re-regulating, we should be looking at the fact that we've really not allowed t...
ROB GOULD

Will the industry outsource more? I think it depends on the client base.
ANDREW GOULD

When assaulted by sexual knowledge for the first time, a girl plunges into a period of blackness, wh...
JOAN GOULD

Our experience with her has been wonderful.
CATHY GOULD

Our experience with her has been wonderful. She's really a pleasure to work with. She's really a wel...
CATHY GOULD

There's a very curious and - and almost sadistic lust for blood that overcomes the concert liste...
GLENN GOULD

I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don'...
PETER GOULD

We expect ABX to build liquidity and transparency in the synthetic asset-backed market, attracting g...
KEVIN GOULD

I always assumed everybody shared my love for overcast skies. It came as a shock to find out that so...
GLENN GOULD

The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not...
ANDREW GOULD

We're very pleased to be working closely with Nortel. Their confidence in selecting us for this stra...
DAVE GOULD

We're delighted to bring videos from EMI Music UK's labels to 3. 3 is a leading network in bringing ...
DAVE GOULD

People are saying, 'I can't believe it's the last one,' ... Everyone knows it will be worth a ton of...
DAVE GOULD

In 2005, we delivered our third consecutive year of exceptional growth, resulting in record revenue ...
DAVE GOULD

India is a significant market for us in two respects. Over the past two years, it has emerged as our...
DAVE GOULD

We're back in business today. The snow was a little bump in the road. We have a long year ahead of u...
MICHAEL GOULD

Hes ready to go every morning. He runs right over to the cruiser,
PETER GOULD

Back in the Aerie she popped her lips percussively as she examined her booty. 'P-ilfering P-adgett's...
STEVEN GOULD

Most of these issues aren't understood by home buyers unless they're represented by an attorney at c...
DON GOULD

Jack and I do most of the cleaning.
DON GOULD

It caught people by surprise.
DON GOULD

It's been a fun and interesting experience.
DON GOULD

You'd be surprised how quickly you get used to having them.
DON GOULD

It's been on a steady decline, it certainly bodes well for the U.S. dollar and obviously that feeds ...
TED GOULD

We're doing a good job, and we shouldn't have any problem telling people we are.
DICK GOULD

I don't think Roscoe knowingly would do anything to hurt anyone.
DICK GOULD

Humans living alone typically have lots of other social contact -- at work, shopping, on the phone, ...
ELIZABETH GOULD

Stress hormones go up in runners and yet, under certain circumstances, these hormones don't affect t...
ELIZABETH GOULD

That said, our study adds to the existing literature that positive social interactions can buffer th...
ELIZABETH GOULD

It's important to emphasize that this work is not directly relevant to humans. First, rats have a un...
ELIZABETH GOULD

This reinforces the idea that social support helps to lessen the negative consequences of stress.
ELIZABETH GOULD

Amy had always thought she was too vain and selfish to seriously contemplate suicide, also too afrai...
EMILY GOULD

Acting isn't a sure thing. We're not set to have jobs for the rest of lives, and fame is rea...
NOLAN GOULD

Our biggest issue, financially, is the tremendous amount of backlog maintenance we have.
DAVE GOULD

In a Republican district I was a Republican. In a Democratic district I was a Democrat. And in a dou...
JACK GOULD

We were disappointed that the legislative session didn't really advance a package of reforms like we...
JON GOULD

Let's not get hung up on parking,
DAVID GOULD

the throwback feel of a mission during the Cold War, when American officials saw their main job as b...
DAVID GOULD

I don't know the time frame exactly, but it's clear they're all going to want to start s...
ANDREW GOULD

I'm on my computer a lot, but I swear I have an excuse! I spend about nine hours on media a day,...
NOLAN GOULD

It was really weird when I heard my voice coming out of a fish.
ALEXANDER GOULD

In 'Finding Nemo,' all of the voices were recorded separate - so I would be in a sound booth...
ALEXANDER GOULD

The great thing about 'Weeds' is that everything we do is never quite serious enough to be t...
ALEXANDER GOULD

When you're in the entertainment industry, you have to be more mature, be able to hang with the ...
ALEXANDER GOULD

Yeruham's small. You walk five minutes, and you're in the desert.
ALEXANDER GOULD

Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival.

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Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival.

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