If I don't make it, I'll be very sad that there are things I didn't do, but I'm happy that I've done what I have. Stephen Jay Gould happyhavemake Change image and share on social
The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis. Stephen Jay Gould analysisboneclose Change image and share on social
Evolution is one of the two or three most primally fascinating subjects in all the sciences. Stephen Jay Gould evolutionfascinateprimally Change image and share on social
We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the expected results of evolutionary principles that yearn to produce a creature capable of understanding the mode of its own necessary construction. Stephen Jay Gould accidentcapablecomplexity share on social
With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. Stephen Jay Gould beethovenbrilliantconclude Change image and share on social
I dreamed of becoming a scientist, in general, and a paleontologist, in particular, ever since the Tyrannosaurus skeleton awed and scared me. Stephen Jay Gould awedreamgeneral Change image and share on social
The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos. Stephen Jay Gould arrogancecentralitycommon share on social
I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized. Stephen Jay Gould academicsciencespecialize Change image and share on social
Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning. Stephen Jay Gould abstractionagecommitment share on social
My own field of paleontology has strongly challenged the Darwinian premise that life's major transformations can be explained by adding up, through the immensity of geological time, the successive tiny changes produced generation after generation by natural selection. Stephen Jay Gould addchallengedarwinian share on social
