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"It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodelling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions; but it depends on the nature of those conditions whether the directions of the modifications effected shall be upward or downward." »Thomas H. Huxley
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"It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodelling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions but it depends on the nature of those conditions whether the directions of the modifications effected shall be upward or downward." »Thomas Huxley
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"There is nothing in this world constant, but inconsistancy." »Jonathan Swift, A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind (1709)
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"Not wanting to die was another universal constant, it seemed." »Robert J. Sawyer
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"They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom." »Confucius
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"To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs." »Aldous Huxley
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"Become addicted to constant and never-ending self improvement." »Anthony D'Angelo
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"What really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow." »Phil Donahue
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"Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due." »Domitus Ulpian
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"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." »George Orwell
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"Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix." »Christina Baldwin
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"The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings." »Okakura Kakuzo
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"By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character" »Grenville Kleiser
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"History is the discovering of the constant and universal principles of human nature." »David Hume
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"Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant." »Derek Bethune
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"Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love." »George Santayana
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"constant complaining and nagging about how life is a biatch, will only grow it more horny.." »The wise Pharoah Moe
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"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance, sweeps away all obstacles." »Claude M. Bristol
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"Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant." »Socrates
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"constant and determined effort breaks down all resistence and sweeps away all obstacles." »Claude M Bristol
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"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair." »Samuel Johnson
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"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers." »Charles W. Eliot, The Happy Life, 1896
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"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers." »Charles W. Eliot
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"Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror." »Herb Brody
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"Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers." »Learned Hand
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"A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." »Washington Irving
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"A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." »Washington Irving
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"Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting that the heart is nearly stilled in astonishment." »Dean Koontz, Watchers
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"A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can befall us from without." »Joseph Addison
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"For health and the constant enjoyment of life, give me a keen and ever-present sense of humor it is the next best thing to an abiding faith in providence." »George Barrell Cheever
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