“Some philosophers have been of opinion that our immortal part acquires during this life certain habits of action or of sentiment, which become forever indissoluble, continuing after death in a future state of existence ... I would apply this ingenious idea to the generation, or production of the embryon, or new animal, which partakes so much of the form and propensities of the parent.” Has BeensIdeasStatesActionFormScienceCertainParentAnimalExistenceOpinionForeverGenerationsEvolutionHabitPhilosopherProductionsThis LifeAcquireImmortalSentimentsContinuingAfter DeathIngeniousPropensity Author:Erasmus Darwin
“In my opinion, neither organisms nor organizations evolve slowly and surely into something better, but drift until some small change occurs which has immediate and overwhelming significance. The special role of the human being is not to wait for these favorable accidents but deliberately to introduce the small change that will have great significance.” HumansWaitingHuman BeingsOpinionRolesSpecialEvolutionOrganizationAccidentsEvolveSignificanceOverwhelmingIntroducingOrganismsSomething BetterSmall Changes Author:Edwin Land
“The office of the leisure class in social evolution is to retard the movement and to conserve what is obsolescent. This proposition is by no means novel; it has long been one of the commonplaces of popular opinion.” MeanLongSocialOpinionClassNovelMovementEvolutionOfficeLeisurePropositionsCommonplaceRetardPopular Opinion Book:The Theory of the Leisure Class Source: The Theory of the Leisure Class
“It was none the less a perfectly ordinary horse, such as convergent evolution has produced in many of the places that life is to be found. They have always understood a great deal more than they let on. It is difficult to be sat on all day, every day, by some other creature, without forming an opinion about them.” Life IsFoundDifficultAnimalDealsOpinionEvolutionCreaturesOrdinaryUnderstoodHorseSat Author:Douglas Adams
“There are two things that have been happening over the last few decades in my opinion. First, there have been unbelievable, remarkable, pioneering advances in technology and, second, an equal amount of evolution in creativity. These two shifts are meeting at an intersection.” FirstsHas BeensTwoLastsOpinionCreativityTechnologyEvolutionAmountEqualHappeningsMeetingsDecadesTwo ThingsRemarkableUnbelievableIntersectionsPioneering Author:Kevin Spacey
“In the first Chucky film, there's a scene in the elevator where a woman is just bringing food to a friend's home and they're in that cage elevator. She says, 'What an ugly doll,' and walks away. As the elevator begins to descend, Brad just decides he's going to drop this in and it was so simple but he just goes 'F*&k you,' and the audience went crazy. It was really a marker for us, and an evolution to understand what the potential of not just this killer, but this guy that obviously has some opinions as well.” FirstsWellsHomeFilmGuySimpleWalksOpinionAudienceCrazyEvolutionSceneUglyKillersCagesThis GuyDollsElevatorsBradMarkers Author:David Kirschner