J. William Schopf quotes

“For four - fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pondscum.”
-- J. William Schopf

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“Given that evolution is a fact, this lack of evolution needs to be explained.”
-- J. William Schopf

Source : "Scientists discover organism that hasn’t evolved in more than 2 billion years" by Stuart Wolpert, newsroom.ucla.edu. February 2, 2015.

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“Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die... Still you wait and will not try - A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.”

“Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal Now does always last.”

Source : Abraham Cowley (1679). “The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley: Consisting of Those which Were Formerly Printed : and Those which He Design'd for the Press”, p.11

“The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.”

“Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1998). “Glare”, p.10, W. W. Norton & Company

“One in four of us will have a mental illness at some point. That is a lot of people.”

Source : "Bipolar disorder doesn't just affect film stars" by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2011.

“If honey bees become extinct, human society will follow in four years.”

“The planets resources are rare; we must consume more ethically and equitably.”

“We batter this planet as if we had someplace else to go.”

“We are here on the planet only once, and might as well get a feel for the place.”

Source : Annie Dillard (2016). “Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters”, p.56, Canongate Books

“We search for life on others planets and in other regions of our galaxy. Meanwhile we destroy and ignore the other life on this planet.”