#ss

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

I chaired the 1982 Democratic Party Commission on Presidential Nominations that created certain automatic delegates to the Democratic convention - the 'superdelegates.' It was a good idea then, and it is still a good idea. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#certain #commission #convention #created #delegates

Too often, the Democratic Party has been split between its grass-roots activists on one side and its elected officials and party leaders on the other. It's important to remember: We need both wings to fly. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#been #between #both #democratic #democratic party

A number of people who have supported me on the border fence in the U.S. have observed the fences in Israel and their effectiveness. ↗

— Duncan Hunter

#effectiveness #fence #fences #israel #me

The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her. ↗

— William Morris Hunt

#her #imitate #mission #nature #represent

The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass all the time. ↗

— Catfish Hunter

#dog #same #shine #sun #time

I mean, in the course of an evening, people will take a solo here and there, but generally it's all about the rhythm of that music. Dealing with the rhythm with everything. That's essentially at least my concept of what that group is. ↗

— Charlie Hunter

#concept #course #dealing #essentially #evening

That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's playing a drum beat, and a singer starts singing, what do you think the audience is going to do? ↗

— Charlie Hunter

#audience #beat #before #drum #drummer

I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue. ↗

— Duncan Hunter

#fence #i #i think #immigration #issue

In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned and how much given. ↗

— Robert Hunter

#given #grace #how #light #little