Iconography becomes even more revealing when processes or concepts, rather than objects, — Stephen Jay Gould
Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the — Stephen Jay Gould
In science, “fact” can only mean “confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse — Stephen Jay Gould
The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations. — Stephen Jay Gould
We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity — Stephen Jay Gould
When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown. — Stephen Jay Gould
The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs — Stephen Jay Gould
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best – and therefore never scrutinize or question. — Stephen Jay Gould
I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of einstein’s brain than in the — Stephen Jay Gould