The fact -- not theory -- that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in popular opinion that the distinction must be stressed.
George Gaylord SimpsonI don't know where to put whales. I'm sticking them here, but I don't have any reason for it.
George Gaylord SimpsonThe science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually covert, even subconscious.
George Gaylord Simpson