There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god. - J.B.S. Haldane

Wright's theory certainly supports the view taken in this book that the evolution in large random-mating populations, which is recorded by palaeontology, is not representative of evolution in general, and perhaps gives a false impression of the events occurring in less numerous species. It is a striking fact that none of the extinct species, which, from the abundance of their fossil remains, are well known to us, appear to have been in our own ancestral line. Our ancestors were mostly rather rare creatures. " Blessed are the meek : for they shall inherit the earth."

I would lay down my life for two brothers or eight cousins.

To light a lamp as a source of light is about as wasteful of energy as to burn down ones house to roast one's pork.