Red Queen Hypothesis

Famous quotes containing the words red, queen and/or hypothesis:

    “Her fortune, too, lies there,
    Converted into cool hard steel
    And right red velvet lining;
    While over her tan impassivity
    Shot silk is shining.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.”
    —Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)

    “The wheels and springs of man are all set to the hypothesis of the permanence of nature. We are not built like a ship to be tossed, but like a house to stand.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)