Lamarckian Selection Quotes & Sayings

A real gold standard is thoroughly consistent with [classical] liberal principles and I, for one, am entirely in favor of measures promoting its development. — Milton Friedman

Circles, like the soul, are neverending and turn round and round without a stop — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner. — Hugh Blair

But in my heart, especially given the past few days, I knew ... — Deborah Ann

Me getting in your bed was the first step, T. My presence in your bed was my way of telling you I was all in, because I knew," his voice, long gone hoarse, cracked, "I knew you were an all-in kinda guy, so I took the leap. Jumped for you. But you ran from me. — Avril Ashton

Those who refuse to drink are always thirsty. — Marty Rubin

He just never understood how white people could be racist in South Africa. "Africa is full of black people," he would say. "So why would you come all the way to Africa if you hate black people? If you hate black people so much, why did you move into their house?" To him it was insane. Because — Trevor Noah

For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to hear the sounds coming from buildings, grass and the climbing frame made all the difference to basic survival and ensured that I didn't end up head-first in the sandpit. — Andrea Bocelli

Do what you can while you can. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Girls bored me - they still do. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known — Walt Disney Company

Personally, I quite like that. Such stupid gallantry.
Yes. I like that a lot. — Markus Zusak

Cultural evolution can proceed so quickly because it operates, as biological evolution does not, in the "Lamarckian" mode - by the inheritance of acquired characters. Whatever one generation learns, it can pass to the next by writing, instruction, inculcation, ritual, tradition, and a host of methods that humans have developed to assure continuity in culture. Darwinian evolution, on the other hand, is an indirect process: genetic variation must first be available to construct an advantageous feature, and natural selection must then preserve it. Since genetic variation arises at random, not preferentially directed toward advantageous features, the Darwinian process works slowly. Cultural evolution is not only rapid; it is also readily reversible because its products are not coded in our genes. — Stephan Jay Gould

You realize Shakespeare wasn't stuck for an idea when he said, 'All the world's a stage.' — Peter Riegert