Kurt Vonnegut Quotes About Evolution

Quotes about: Evolution

• I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Memorable, Thinking, Intelligent

  The Observer, December 27, 1987.

• Evolution is so creative. That's how we got giraffes.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Creative, Evolution, Giraffe

  "A Man Without a Country". Essay collection by Kurt Vonnegut, September 15, 2005.

• Evolution is a mistake. Humans are a mistake. We've destroyed our planet.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Mistake, Evolution, Planets

• People are only animals, but special animals. Every animal has fought and killed to survive, even before the dinosaurs. We're the only ones that do it for fun. That's why I don't know about Darwinism. Supposedly evolution and natural selection are all about survival, but we haven't gotten smarter over the years, only more dangerous.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Fun, Animal, Years

• Where you can see tribal behavior now is in this business about teaching evolution in a science class and intelligent design. It's the scientists themselves are behaving tribally.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Teaching, Intelligent, Class

  "Kurt Vonnegut Judges Modern Society". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. January 23, 2006.

• They say, you know, about evolution, it surely happened because their fossil record shows that. Look, my body and your body are miracles of design. Scientists are pretending they have the answer as how we got this way when natural selection couldn't possibly have produced such machines.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Design, Miracle, Looks

• I do feel that evolution is being controlled by some sort of divine engineer. I can't help thinking that. And this engineer knows exactly what he or she is doing and why, and where evolution is headed. That's why we've got giraffes and hippopotami and the clap.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Thinking, Helping, Evolution

  Interview with Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show", September 13, 2005.

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