Descendants – Quotes

[God brought African slaves

[God brought African slaves to America] so that their descendants would know freedom. Ezola B. Foster

Thus the radio elements formed strange and cruel families in which each member was created by spontaneous transformation of the mother substance: radium was a descendant of uranium, polonium a descendant of radium. Eve Curie

Given the fact of

Given the fact of evolution, one would expect the fossils to document a gradual steady change from ancestral forms to the descendants. But this is not what the paleontologist finds. Instead, he or she finds gaps in just about every phyletic series. Ernst Mayr

Now comes the second

Now comes the second machine age. Computers and other digital advances are doing for mental power – the ability to use our brains to understand and shape our environments-what the steam engine and its descendants did for muscle power. Erik Brynjolfsson

Six decades ago, as

Six decades ago, as Mao’s Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, ‘Who lost China?’ Now, as his capitalist descendants stand astride the world stage and Washington worries about decline, it seems to be, ‘Who lost America?’ Eric Liu

I don\\’t know exactly

I don’t know exactly why the notion of homeownership has such a grasp on the American imagination. Perhaps as descendants of landless immigrants we turn our plots into symbols of stability. Ellen Goodman

And someday when the

And someday when the descendants of humanity have spread from star to star, they won’t tell the children about the history of Ancient Earth until they’re old enough to bear it; and when they learn they’ll weep to hear that such a thing as Death had ever once existed! Eliezer Yudkowsky

Take the story of

Take the story of Cain and Abel. Why were we given that story? Scientifically, you may have an explanation for it, but I’m not approaching it from the scientific point of view. I’m saying: Why do we need that? It’s a sordid story, a depressing story, a dark story. Why should I believe that I’m … Read more

I may be a

I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So I go back to all the interpretations in the Talmud, which to me are a source of pleasure and joy. Then I say, maybe this story is not for then; maybe it’s for … Read more

Human beings of all

Human beings of all societies in all periods of history believe that their ideas on the nature of the real world are the most secure, and that their ideas on religion, ethics and justice are the most enlightened. Like us, they think that final knowledge is at last within reach. Like us, they pity the … Read more