#rely

Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. ↗

— Ernst Mayr

#certain #contingent #darwin #evolution #merely

Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its gentility, its almost leisurely pace, baseball is violence under wraps. ↗

— Willie Mays

#also #baseball #business #combat #disguised

When will the day come that our dignity will be fully restored, when the purpose of our lives will no longer be merely to survive until the sun rises tomorrow! ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#day #dignity #fully #lives #longer

That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given to stop transmissions, again from mother to child, which is extremely costly and must be taken into account. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#again #anyone #child #concern #costly

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information. ↗

— John McCarthy

#foolishness #information #intelligence #lack #matter

Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf. ↗

— John McCarthy

#committing #fired #generates #genocide #getting

Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. ↗

— John McCarthy

#convince #however #rally #rarely #side

Which is supposed to mean they're doing something in their broadcasting they would not do is they were simply out to maximize profit; if they were really public service institutions, not purely profit maximizing institutions. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#doing #institutions #maximize #maximizing #mean

If you sing honestly and sincerely to kids, they will respond with all their hearts. ↗

— Susannah McCorkle

#honestly #kids #respond #sincerely #sing

Actors are accustomed to doing exactly what the director or writer requests us to do, and rarely get involved in that part of the process. ↗

— Catherine McCormack

#director #doing #exactly #get #involved