#select

To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides. ↗

— Dennis Banks

#bags #beaver #buffalo #chosen #coats

It is a shock to us in the twentieth century to discover, from observations science has made, that the fundamental mechanisms of life cannot be ascribed to natural selection, and therefore were designed. But we must deal with our shock as best we can and go on. ↗

— Michael Behe

#best #cannot #century #deal #designed

Since natural selection requires a function to select, an irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would have to arise as an integrated unit for natural selection to have anything to act on. ↗

— Michael Behe

#anything #arise #biological #complex #function

Music is like a drug, but there are no rehabilitation centres. ↗

— Morrissey

#morrissey #select- #humor

Natural selection is anything but random. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#natural #natural selection #random #selection

Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#because #car #design #designer #engineer

If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. ↗

— Franz Boas

#emotionally #energetic #imaginative #intelligent #mankind

As you can imagine I'm disappointed as anything that I was not selected to be the presidential running mate. And I find it continually appalling that it would be a radical thing to have a woman on the ticket. ↗

— Kate Clinton

#appalling #continually #disappointed #find #i

Even though these days I'm very selective about what roles I want to do, I will do Stargate anytime they call. ↗

— Ronny Cox

#anytime #call #days #even #i

You’ve changed me forever. And I’ll never forget you. ↗

— Kiera Cass

#change #goodbye #love #maxon #relationship