Amphibians—the word comes from the Greek meaning ‘double life.

Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it's not clear that he ever really did.

In what seems like a fantastic coincidence, but is probably no coincidence at all, the history of these events is recovered just as people come to realize that they are causing another one.

According to Lamarck, there was a force—the ‘power of life’—that pushed organisms to become increasingly complex.

His interest, after all, was not in the origin of species but in their demise.

The 'incredible frog hotel'—really a local bed and breakfast—...the frogs stay (in their tanks) in a block of rented rooms.

To live a fantasy is to avoid a life.

There was a sound like a garbage bag of pudding dropped off a tall building onto a sidewalk. Robert had erupted, chunks slapping off the walls in every direction.

His words are the essence of truth...Jesus never uttered opinions. He never guessed; He knew, and He knows.

A verbose, prosaic review which mentions whistling winds and the timeless feeling of jade doesn't mean anything to me; I don't need a novella telling me about how an album is like a fine meal.

Mankind might be divided between multitude who hate to be kept waiting because they get bored and the happy few who rather like it because it gives them time for thought.

What is loved is a hit. What is a hit is loved.

I must confess I took a couple or three jobs just for the money.

I need to be happy. I need to set that example for my daughter so that she goes into something she loves, not because other people want her to do something. It's a good feeling, it's freeing.

I said, 'Oh, I know. If the white folks is in Heaven too, then the black angels were in the kitchen, preparing the milk and honey.'

Like most Christians, I believe the Genesis account of creation is a description of six different stages of creation, each of which may have taken eons of time.