#roe

The idea that one can go to the fossil record and expect to empirically recover an ancestor-descendant sequence, be it of species, genera, families, or whatever, has been, and continues to be, a pernicious illusion. ↗

— Gareth J. Nelson

#darwin #darwinism #evolution #fossil-record #fossils

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. ↗

— William Hurt

#basis #become #calculated #courage #guys

These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#finance #follow #heroes #like #off

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale. ↗

— Peter S. Beagle

#inspirational #inspirational

Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict. ↗

— Wayne Allard

#armed forces #conflict #forces #heroes #men

Custer had dead heroes. Crazy Horse had only live ones. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#custer #dead #had #heroes #horse