It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.

Quote by Colson Whitehead

Topics: Evolution Quotes, Failure Quotes, Improvement Quotes, Perfection Quotes

If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we...

If we are going to teach creation science as an alternative to evolution, then we...

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority,...

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority,...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species...

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species...

If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today...

If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today...

It is good for man To try all changes, progress and corruption, powers, peace and...

It is good for man To try all changes, progress and corruption, powers, peace and...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined...

Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links?...

Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links?...

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes...

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes...

The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is...

The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is...

What but the wolf's tooth whittled so fine The fleet limbs of the antelope? What...

What but the wolf's tooth whittled so fine The fleet limbs of the antelope? What...

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not...

If one attempts to assign to religion its place in man's evolution, it seems not...

There is no political solution to our troubled evolution.

There is no political solution to our troubled evolution.

The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not...

A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not...

Perfection is an imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known...

Perfection is an imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known...