Matt Ridley

We underestimate the power of human ingenuity.

Every generation has believed that the world was coming to an end.

Human beings are not just consumers; they are creators.

The Red Queen hypothesis states that organisms must constantly adapt to survive while pitted against ever-evolving opposing organisms.

Mutations are the raw material of evolution.

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

In the game of evolution, the players are organisms, and the rules are set by nature.

Human progress has been a result of collective knowledge.

The great thing about evolution is that it is a gradual process.

The more we understand evolution, the more we realize how interconnected everything is.