“I think evolution should be taught as an accepted principle. I say that also as the daughter of a school teacher, a science teacher, who has instilled in me a respect for science. I think it should be taught in our schools. I won't ever deny that I see the hand of God in this beautiful creation that is earth. But - that is not a part of state policy or a local curriculum in a school district. Science should be taught in science class.” ThinkingShouldStatesHandsSchoolEarthBeautifulClassPrinciplesTeacherAtheismPolicyCreationTaughtEvolutionDaughterDenyPositive AtheismAcceptedLocalsCurriculumHands Of GodSchool TeachersSchool DistrictsScience TeacherScience Class Author:Sarah Palin
“I say to the grown-ups, 'If you want to deny evolution and live in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we've observed in the universe that's fine. But don't make your kids do it.'” IfsWorldWantKidsUniverseFineEvolutionDenyInconsistent Author:Bill Nye
“Pouter, tumbler, and fantail are from the same source; The racer and hack may be traced to one Horse; So men were developed from monkeys of course, Which nobody can deny.” MenMayCoursesSourceEvolutionHorseDenyMonkeysHacksRacers Author:Bill Vaughan
“The feeling, "this can't be it", is a very powerful form of prayer. It's the agony of the separated self longing for reunion with wholeness. It's the call of your soul urging you to return to your own path and purpose. It's the force of evolution driving you home. Do not try to deny or override your divine discontent. Heed its call. Knowing "this can't be it" implies that somewhere inside you, you DO know what IS it.” KnowsTryingSoulSelfFeelingsHomeFormPurposeForcePrayerPowerfulKnowingPathDivineReturnEvolutionLongingDenyDrivingYour SoulPurpose Of LifeAgonyWholenessDiscontentVery PowerfulHeedReunion Author:Alan Cohen
“Progress, then, is a property of the evolution of life as a whole by almost any conceivable intuitive standard.... let us not pretend to deny in our philosophy what we know in our hearts to be true.” KnowsHeartPhilosophyWholeProgressEvolutionStandardsPropertyDenyBeing TrueIntuitiveEvolution Of Life Author:E. O. Wilson
“With the passing of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the colour of blood and in the salt of tears, and, as if that were not enough, we made our eyes into a kind of mirror turned inwards, with the result that they often show without reserve what we are verbally trying to deny.” IfsTryingWellsKindMadeEnoughShowsEyeSocialResultsBloodTearsEvolutionConscienceMirrorsDenyPassingPassingsColourSaltReserves Author:Jose Saramago
“Evolution is a fact, as securely established as any in science, and he who denies it betrays woeful ignorance and lack of education, which likely extends to other fields as well.” WellsFactsWould BeReligionSimpleExistenceAtheismFieldsIgnorancePlanetsEvolutionCreaturesDenyExplanationBetrayElegantLiving CreaturesLack Of Education Author:Richard Dawkins
“The fundamentalists deny that evolution has taken place; they deny that the earth and the universe as a whole are more than a few thousand years old, and so on. There is ample scientific evidence that the fundamentalists are wrong in these matters, and that their notions of cosmogony have about as much basis in fact as the Tooth Fairy has.” YearsMatterWholeFactsEarthUniverseTakenEvolutionThousandEvidenceBasesNotionDenyTeethFairyThousand YearsTooth FairyScientific Evidence Book:Asimov on science: a 30-year retrospective Source: Asimov on science: a 30-year retrospective
“There is something outrageous about such a huge body of evidence being put together, then being confirmed in all kinds of other scientific disciplines, particularly genetics, and having other people just sort of deny it for reasons that have nothing to do with truth.” PeopleKindReasonBodyTogetherHugeEvolutionDisciplineEvidenceDenyAll KindsOutrageousGenetics Author:Matthew Chapman
“There are gaps in the fossil graveyard, places where there should be intermediate forms, but where there is nothing whatsoever instead. No paleontologist..denies that this is so. It is simply a fact, Darwin's theory and the fossil record are in conflict.” ShouldFactsFormRecordsTheoryEvolutionConflictDenyGapsFossilsGraveyard Author:David Berlinski
“I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, that's completely inconsistent with the world we observe, that's fine. But don't make your kids do it. Because we need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need engineers that can build stuff and solve problems.” IfsWorldWantNeedsProblemKidsStuffFineEvolutionDenySolveVotersEngineersTaxpayersInconsistentGrownups Author:Bill Nye