An attempt to study the evolution of living organisms without reference to cytology would be as futile as an account of stellar evolution which ignored spectroscopy. John B. S. Haldane More Quotes by John B. S. Haldane More Quotes From John B. S. Haldane The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles. John B. S. Haldane preference creator special You can analyze a glass of water and you're left with a lot of chemical components, but nothing you can drink. John B. S. Haldane glasses water thinking Religion is still parasitic in the interstices of our knowledge which have not yet been filled. Like bed-bugs in the cracks of walls and furniture, miracles lurk in the lacunae of science. The scientist plasters up these cracks in our knowledge; the more militant Rationalist swats the bugs in the open. Both have their proper sphere and they should realize that they are allies. John B. S. Haldane wall atheism miracle Now, if the cooperation of some thousands of millions of cells in our brain can produce our consciousness, a true singularity, the idea becomes vastly more plausible that the cooperation of humanity, or some sections of it, may determine what Comte calls a Great Being. John B. S. Haldane cells humanity ideas I am quite sure that our views on evolution would be very different had biologists studied genetics and natural selection before and not after most of them were convinced that evolution had occurred. John B. S. Haldane would-be views science Blake expressed some doubt as to whether God had made the tiger. But the tiger is in many ways an admirable animal. We have now to ask whether God made the tapeworm. And it is questionable whether an affirmative answer fits in either with what we know about the process of evolution or what many of us believe about the moral perfection of God. John B. S. Haldane perfection animal believe It is my supposition that the Universe in not only queerer than we imagine, is queerer than we can imagine. John B. S. Haldane than only imagine universe If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles. John B. S. Haldane stars nature special god I wish I had the voice of Homer to sing of rectal carcinoma. John B. S. Haldane i-wish sing voice wish
