Home / Quotes / Quote by Jacques Monod

Quote by Jacques Monod

“Another curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it. I mean philosophers, social scientists, and so on. While in fact very few people understand it, actually, as it stands, even as it stood when Darwin expressed it, and even less as we now may be able to understand it in biology.”

Quote by Jacques Monod

Author

A renowned biologist and French Nobel laureate, Jacques Monod is known for his research in genetics and molecular biology. He made significant contributions to the discovery of gene regulation and the genetic code. more

You May Also Like

“To-day a democrat of the old school would demand, not freedom for the press, but freedom from the press; but mean-time the leaders have changed themselves into parvenus who have to secure their position vis-a-vis the masses.”

Mean School Leader Position Changed Demand Mass Presses Democrat Secure Old School

Author:Oswald Spengler

“Critical (i.e., separating) methods apply only to the world-as-nature. It would be easier to break up a theme of Beethoven with dissecting knife or acid than to break up the soul by methods of abstract thought . Nature-knowledge and man-knowledge have neither ways nor aims in common.”

Men World Way Soul Would Be Common Break Easier Aim Method Critical Abstract Theme Knives Acid Separating Dissecting

Book:The decline of the West

Source: The decline of the West

“I don't think I could stay interested for a couple of months in a character of mean motivation.”

Thinking Mean Character Motivation Months Couple

Author:Gregory Peck

“Entertainment is all right, but entertainment with an idea behind it is much more important.”

Important Ideas Behinds Entertainment

Author:Gregory Peck

“I hold no brief for Communists, but I believe in and will defend their right to act independently within the law. I question whether members of the committee are interested in defending our form of government or whether they are attempting to suppress political opinion at odds with their own.”

Believe Government Form Law Political I Believe Opinion Members I Believe In Communist Odds Committees Attempting Forms Of Government Political Opinions

Author:Gregory Peck

“But because we are financially solid, because we do have an organization that is equipped to handle any situation that comes in front of us, we are successful in getting from the employers what are members want and need without strikes.”

Want Needs Situation Successful Fronts Members Organization Strikes Handle Employers Wants And Needs

Author:Jimmy Hoffa

“In the ten years I was president of the Teamsters, I had raised the membership from eight hundred thousand to more than 2 million and made it the largest single labor union the world.”

World Years Made President Millions Thousand Ten Hundred Labor Unions Raised Eight Made It Membership Labor Union

Author:Jimmy Hoffa

“When you run an organization like the Teamsters one man has to be the boss and run things.”

Men Running Organization Boss One Man

Author:Jimmy Hoffa

“They all know I'm back, very much back, and that I will be the general president again come hell or high water.”

Knows President Water Hell I'm Back

Author:Jimmy Hoffa

“You almost had to live through it to really know the gut ripping misery of the depression during the early thirties which led to labor's bloodiest and most violent days.”

Knows Labor Misery Violent Guts

Author:Jimmy Hoffa