Paleontologist Quotes

Evolution has no purpose; man must supply this for himself.

George Gaylord Simpson

Darwinism is dynamic. It is about change, not stasis; about process, not pattern; about tales, not tableaux; about becoming, not being.

Paleontology is a very visual inquiry.... All paleontologists scribble on napkins at coffee breaks, making sketches to explain their thinking.

Robert T. Bakker

The hunter of wild game is always bringing live animals nearer to death and extinction, whereas the fossil hunter is always seeking to bring extinct animals to life.

Henry Fairfield Osborn

Really the best way to understand anything about dinosaurs is by looking at living animals. You look at birds and then look at the closest living ancestor of birds, which is the crocodile. If you look at characteristics that birds and crocodiles have in common, the explanation is that the trait was in the common ancestor that birds and crocodiles had at one time.

I'm not sure if erotica should be angry and grim and terrifying and bitter, but it works for me. I rode my frustration. I kicked the bitch in the ribs until it spat up what I needed.

Caitlín R. Kiernan