Home / Quotes / Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

“The median isn't the message.”

Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

Book:Full House

Work

Full House is a compelling narrative that delves into the lives of a diverse group of characters, each facing their own challenges and triumphs. The story weaves together various storylines, highlighting the interconnectedness of human experiences and the enduring power of family bonds. more

Author

Stephen Jay Gould

Stephen Jay Gould was a renowned paleontologist, evolutionary theorist, science writer, and academic. He is known for his work in ornithology, paleontology, evolutionary theory, and speciation. Gould's writings and papers have had a profound impact on the scientific community, and he was a long-time contributor to the journal 'Nature'. more

You May Also Like

“Natural selection is a theory of local adaptation to changing environments. It proposes no perfecting principles, no guarantee of general improvement”

Natural Principles Environment Theory Improvement Locals Guarantees Selection Adaptation Propose Natural Selection Changing Environment

Book:Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History

Source: Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History

“If new species arise very rapidly in small, peripherally isolated local populations, then the great expectation of insensibly graded fossil sequences is a chimera. A new species does not evolve in the area of its ancestors; it does not arise from the slow transformation of all its forbears. co-author with Niles Eldridge”

Ifs Doe Expectations Areas Transformation Species Population Arise Locals Evolve Ancestor Isolated Fossils Sequence Great Expectations Chimera

Author:Stephen Jay Gould

“The history of life is more adequately represented by a picture of 'punctuated equilibria' than by the notion of phyletic gradualism. The history of evolution is not one of stately unfolding, but a story of homeostatic equilibria, disturbed only 'rarely' (i.e. rather often in the fullness of time) by rapid and episodic events of speciation.”

Stories Life Is Events Evolution Notion Rapids Fullness Disturbed Unfolding Equilibrium History Of Life Gradualism Speciation

Author:Stephen Jay Gould

“Is uniformitarianism necessary?”

Book:Punctuated Equilibrium

Source: Punctuated Equilibrium

“The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order to be believable, whereas reality may be totally irrational.”

May Reason Reality Truth Running Lying Order Reading Ability Fiction Honesty Truth Is Anger Stranger Rational Thread Irrational Believable Stranger Than Fiction

Book:Clearing the ground

Source: Clearing the ground

“As long as there are human beings, there will be the idea of brotherhood -- and an almost total inability to practice it.”

Men Humans Long Ideas Human Beings Ability Practice Brotherhood Inability Being There

Author:Sydney J. Harris

“By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and is looking for confirmation rather than counseling.”

Men Want Mind Made Asks Advice Counseling Confirmation

Author:Sydney J. Harris

“Genealogy: A perverse preoccupation of those who seek to demonstrate that their forebears were better people than they are.”

People Preoccupation Genealogy

Author:Sydney J. Harris

“The principal difference between love and hate is that love is a irradiation, and hate is a concentration. Love makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on the object of its hatred.”

Love Hate Differences Love Is Objects Hatred Lovely Concentration Principal Love Hate Love And Hate

Book:Strictly personal

Source: Strictly personal

“As a young man, even if I was going to see a play or a film by myself, I didn't feel like I was alone. There was something that was unfolding up there that brought me into it. And I recognised that. For those two hours, it made me feel like I belonged to something really good.”

Ifs Men Feels Made Two Play Film Young Hours Young Man Unfolding

Author:Tom Hanks