Irreducibly Quotes

#1. By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning.

Michael Behe

#2. Since natural selection requires a function to select, an irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would have to arise as an integrated unit for natural selection to have anything to act on.

Michael Behe

#3. As the number of unexplained, irreducibly complex biological systems increases, our confidence that Darwin's criterion of failure has been met skyrockets toward the maximum that science allows.

Michael Behe

#4. What she had believed was indignation or rage or a deep intolerance for injustice came down to this: she was irreducibly in love with this bewitching planet, this thrilling life, this heartbreaking species she belonged to, with its capacity for stupefying destruction and breathtaking magnanimity.

Thrity Umrigar

#5. Culture is concerned with the world of values. All cultures are irreducibly value-oriented.

Henry R. Van Til

#6. fiction is about prizing the logic of metaphors - which is the logic of narratives in general - over reality, which is irreducibly random and senseless.

Ken Liu

#7. It's strange how in childhood it feels like tomorrow won't come until the end of forever, but in adulthood it feels like the end of forever could come tomorrow.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#8. In my opinion in art nothing can go too far as long as you don't physically hurt people or animals. Art is there to push boundaries. I love it when my work freaks people out but it's all fake!

Tom Six

#9. There has been peace. There will be peace again. But right now, we have work to do.

Simon R. Green

#10. As far as all of our identities are dependent on how other people imagine us we are all making ourselves and each other up all the time

John Green

#11. The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.

Ronald Knox

#12. Knowledge knocks on the door of action. If it receives a reply, it stays. Otherwise, it departs.

Sufyan Al-Thawri