There are 400,000 species of beetles on this planet, but only 8,000 species of mammals.
John B. S. HaldaneIt was a reaction from the old idea of "protoplasm", a name which was a mere repository of ignorance.
John B. S. HaldaneI have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.
John B. S. HaldaneSo far from being an isolated phenomenon the late war is only an example of the disruptive result that we may constantly expect from the progress of science.
John B. S. Haldane