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Charles Darwin quotes

1809–1882 · English naturalist

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is one of the biggest ideas in science. The "survival of the most adaptable" quote you see in offices is from a 1963 speech by a business professor.

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2 quotes traced to Charles Darwin's own work or a reliable witness.

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There is grandeur in this view of life.

Source: On the Origin of Species, final paragraph (1859)

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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Source: Letter to his sister Susan Darwin (1836)

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1 famous lines credited to Charles Darwin that are misquoted, unsourced or belong to someone else.

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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

Actually: Leon C. Megginson, a management professor, paraphrasing Darwin in a 1963 speech.