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

Quote by George Gaylord Simpson

Topics: Change Quotes, World Quotes

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

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

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

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

We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were...

We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were...

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires...

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at...

When you heard that a mountain was moved, believe it; but when you hear that...

When you heard that a mountain was moved, believe it; but when you hear that...

Time to photoshop my life. Touch up the edges, adjust the tones, blur out the...

Time to photoshop my life. Touch up the edges, adjust the tones, blur out the...

If you want something to change in your life then you have to find the...

If you want something to change in your life then you have to find the...

There is nothing permanent except change.

There is nothing permanent except change.

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as...

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as...

All is flux, nothing stays still

All is flux, nothing stays still

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who...

Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who...

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest...

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest...

I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any...

I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any...

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...