![Throughout his last half-dozen books, for example, Arthur Koestler has been conducting a campaign against his own misunderstanding of Darwinism. He hopes to find some ordering force, constraining evolution to certain directions and overriding the influence of natural selection. [...] Darwinism is not the theory of capricious change that Koestler imagines. Random variation may be the raw material of change, but natural selection builds good design by rejecting most variants while accepting and accumulating the few that improve adaptation to local environments.](/assets/img/quote-photos/throughout-his-last-half-dozen-books-for-example-arthur-koestler-has-been-condu.jpg)
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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
design soul secrecy
Secrecy is the soul of all great designs.
design soul enemy
Secrecy is the soul of all great designs. Perhaps more has been effected by concealing our own intentions than by discovering those of our enemy.
design paper answers
Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is 'on paper.' Alan Cooper
design products
Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.
design simplicity lasts
Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
design want helpful
If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.
design purpose littles
Everything God does has purpose and intention behind that design. It is a master design, and every little thing has its proper place and function. Aiden Wilson Tozer
design hitchhiking lasts
When is the last time you saw a Lamborghini sale? Chris Campbell
design planning form
Design is, literally, purposeful planning. Graphic Design, then, is the form those plans will take. Chip Kidd
raw-materials statistics causes
Price statistics show clearly that instability in raw-material prices is a prime cause of instability of other prices. Benjamin Graham
raw-materials firsts principles
Gradually the conviction gained recognition that all knowledge about things is exclusively a working-over of the raw material furnished by the senses. ... Galileo and Hume first upheld this principle with full clarity and decisiveness. Albert Einstein
raw-materials immune-system protective
The right raw materials can...double or triple the protective power of the immune system, Joel Fuhrman
raw-materials may stores
The capitalist cannot store labour-power in warehouses after he has bought it, as he may do with the raw material. Karl Marx
raw-materials principles creation
Interdependence must be transformed into solidarity based upon the principle that the goods of creation are meant for all. That which human industry produces through the processing of raw materials with the contribution of work must serve equally for the good of all. Pope John Paul II
raw-materials crafts increase
Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft. P. D. James
raw-materials watches life-is
And life is a good thing for a writer. It's where we get our raw material, for a start. We quite like to stop and watch it. Neil Gaiman
raw-materials complicated lumber
Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber. Maxim Gorky
raw-materials materials
Work with the raw material you have, namely you, and never let up. Helen Gurley Brown