Thus the genetic basis to the origin of bird species is to be sought in the inheritance of adult traits that are subject to natural and sexual selection.
I don't think many of us face the same sort of physical adventures our ancestors did, at least not on a daily basis.
The presidential news conference is indispensable because it is the only forum in our society where you can be questioned on a regular basis and held accountable.
So there was not an "I" anymore - not a basis on which I could organize my self-respect - save my limitless capacity for toil that it seemed I possessed no more.
The passions refuse to be organized on a basis of their own; hostile to personal freedom and one another, they rush precipitately into anarchy and mob rule.
The religions of the world must be assessed, not on the basis of their convoluted theologies, but in terms of the extent to which they serve as forces of liberation and empowerment.
You're not always happy with things that go on in life on a daily basis. There's nothing I can do. You've got to deal with it and still take care of myself.
Appeal for votes should not be made on basis of caste, creed, or communal. In a healthy democracy, this is not expected from any political leader.
Liberals can't just come out and say, they want to take more of our money, kill babies, and discriminate on the basis of race.
To obtain financial freedom, one must be either a business owner, an investor, or both, generating passive income, particularly on a monthly basis.
As the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, I see on a daily basis the impact of politics and policy on my family, neighbors, friends, and residents.
Perhaps teachers should be instructed in a program where they lie to their students on a regular basis to sharpen up their skills at detecting lies.
I'm pushing - on a bipartisan basis, actually - to get federal support for the creation of high-quality textbooks that can be downloaded for free on the Internet.
Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
Theatre is difficult. It's not that I'm afraid of doing 'one takes' or shots, but it's about being able to live one character for several hours on a daily basis!
Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
Far too many people have been swept into the post-9/11 system of fear that is the basis of all public policy these days.
Doing 'SunTrap' after 'The Chase' is dipping into something different. That's the whole basis of what I wanted to do with my career. I didn't want to do the same thing all the time.
It is my belief that the problem of bringing peace to the world on a supranational basis will be solved only by employing Gandhi's method on a larger scale.
We need to remember that education can be both a basis for critical thought and a site for repression, which destroys thinking and leads to violence.
Nothing can excel a few days in jail for giving a young man or woman a quick education in the basis of industrial society.
Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not yet been found to fail.
There's three things in this world that you need: Respect for all kinds of life, a nice bowel movement on a regular basis, and a navy blazer.
It should be remembered that the president cannot, by executive order, do things that affects the public at large unless there is some Congressional basis for it.
As far as playing different characters within the character, I think that's fun. Very rarely, on TV, do you get to do that on such a regular basis.
We're too many people; that's why we have global warming...on a voluntary basis, everybody in the world's got to pledge to themselves that one child is it.
Reducing and removing greenhouse gas emissions spares our planet from the well-documented degradation that we are witnessing on a global basis.
I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.
The basis of the discovery is imagination, careful reasoning and experimentation where the use of knowledge created by those who came before is an important component.
You can ask a lot of the people around me - I'm very demanding. I expect them to be as intense about my tennis on a daily basis as I am.
Investment decision should be made on the basis of the most probable compounding of after-tax net worth with minimum risk.
I speak to lots of people around the world, and no one would tell you that 25 basis points will make a difference to them.
Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout?
If there's something in the kitchen I like, it must be eaten. I try not to leave any snacks I wouldn't want to eat on a daily basis in the cupboard.
Being a fabricator is fun, amazing and empowering but you'll need to put on your thick skin to face opposition on a daily basis.
God does not accept me conditionally, on the basis of my performance, but bestows his love and forgiveness freely, despite my innumerable failures.
Spending time with the child or adolescent in mutually enjoyable activities on a regular basis will help to build warmth and trust.
Decadence is the total loss of unconsciousness, which is the very basis of life. Could it think, the heart would stop beating.
It's indispensable to fully understand the basis and modus operandi of the Law of Karma to orientate the ship of our life in a positive and exemplary way.
If the basis of trust between the Prime Minister and her Defence Secretary no longer exists, there is no place for me with honour in such a Cabinet.
By 'intelligence' we mean every sort of information about the enemy and his country - the basis, in short, of our own plans and operations.
Vegas is exciting, and it's nice to be somewhere on a regular basis rather than just criss-crossing the country. It allows me to have a semblance of a life.
A society which is liberal democratic cannot have public policy determined upon the basis of who has got the loudest voice - or who can brings things to a halt.
I'm a straight white man - I have options, and I'm not blocked on a consistent basis when I wake up in the morning because of my race, sex, and orientation.
Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for its basis.
Danger is the very basis of superstition. It produces a searching after help supernaturally when human means are no longer supposed to be available.
Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.
I don't mean to burst anyone's bubble, but there is no scriptural or historical basis for December 25th actually being the day that Jesus was born.
When people are not aiming for anything in particular or when they cannot monitor their performance, there is little basis for translating perceived efficacy into appropriate magnitudes of effort
The passion, toughness and determination that you display on a daily basis is an inspiration for myself and for all of my teammates and all the people that wear 'Cleveland' across their chest.
While those whom devotion to abstract discussions has rendered unobservant of the facts are too ready to dogmatize on the basis of a few observations.
I want to be elected on my own ability. Only then do you have progress... People should not use race as a basis for labelling me.
No two managers are the same and I believe how players are man-managed on a daily basis has a huge influence on their performance on the field.
People should see my work and think beyond what I am on daily basis, on Twitter, Instagram, or the perception they have of me in their heads.
A safe rule where Jewish propaganda is concerned is to multiply or divide their figures by ten, at least, before accepting them as the basis for discussion.
It's important for a leader to hear about his blind spots on a regular basis so working on them is periodically top of mind.
The Anthroposophical Society is different from other societies in that it will not tolerate any figments of the imagination in its organization but is constructed on the basis of reality.
When you feel great, you emanate a certain energy that translates as beautiful. I don't care if you have the standard beauty or not; it's that X-factor that comes through, and the basis of that is good health.
Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.
It seems the only way to write a half decent book is to worry oneself sick on an hourly basis that one is producing a complete disaster.
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