It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying anything or at least they are not science.

Splitting and gradual divergence of genera is exemplified very well and in a large variety of organisms.

The fact -- not theory -- that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in popular opinion that the distinction must be stressed.

I have a debt, a loyalty to the museum; the best place for me to do what I wanted to do.

I don't know where to put whales. I'm sticking them here, but I don't have any reason for it.

Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind

Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing world, and not at all as if they were moving toward a set goal.

The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle.

...the argument from absence of transitional types boils down to the striking fact that such types are always lacking unless they have been found.

The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually covert, even subconscious.

Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely.

Learning is the only game worth playing in life.

Artists are often the barometers of society.

If you hold a bird too tightly, you'll crush its wings

Samuel FB Morse's SECOND question over the telegraph was, "Have you any news?

If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals.

Church of painful love - unfulfilled,unrequited & unattained

And when they played they really played. And when they worked they really worked.

Immortality is a by-product of good work.

When I was little, I wasn't so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident.