Franklinia Quotes & Sayings

Dawkins asserts that final causes and design don't really exist. Unguided evolution explains it all. Francis Crick thought the same thing but was afraid people would be misled by what they actually saw. So he issued this warning: "Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved." What? A warning to ignore the obvious? Absolutely. Because if we don't ignore the obvious, we might be tempted to follow common sense and attribute the "appearance" of design to actual design. — Frank Turek

The highest possible form of treason is to say that Americans aren't loved wherever they go, whatever they do. — Kurt Vonnegut

I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won't be bulky. — Serena Williams

We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-suburban hip-hop settings. We need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets. — Michael Steele

The word 'truth' applies to a man's dignity. — Simon Soloveychik

I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over. — Augusto Pinochet

I don't drink these days. I am allergic to alcohol and narcotics. I break out in handcuffs. — Robert Downey Jr.

There is practically no area of business where the difference between rhetoric and actuality is greater than in the handling of people. — John Harvey-Jones

99 percent of what you see is not what comes in through the eyes. It is what you infer about that room. — Henry Markram

There's darkness everywhere. You just can't see it because the sun is such an attention-whore. — Jason Gann

Amongst all the mechanical poison that this terrible nineteenth century has poured upon men, it has given us at any rate one antidote - the Daguerreotype. (1845) — John Ruskin