If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beet… - J.B.S. Haldane

An inordinate fondness for beetles.

If He exists the creator has an inordinate fondness for beetles.

We must... carefully distinguish between two quite different doctrines which Darwin popularised, the doctrine of evolution, and that of natural selection. It is quite possible to hold the first and not the second. Similarly with regard to the doctrines of Darwin's great contemporary Marx, it is possible to adopt socialism but not historical materialism.

At Oxford, the young Haldane was frequently asked whether he was related to the "famous John Scott Haldane", his father, and he would answer "That depends on whether you consider identity to be a relationship."

Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he’s unwilling to be seen with her in public.