Eugenie Scott Quotations

Public schools are where the next generation of leaders are educated and where cultural exchange will take place.

I learned very early on that it's necessary but not sufficient for scientists to go to school board meetings and say, "We shouldn't be teaching creationism." Being right doesn't mean it'll pass.

There's a bait and switch going on here because the critics want the textbooks to question whether evolution occurred. And of course they don't because scientists don't question whether evolution occurred.

I think what bothers me so much of the time, is they take the data and theory and distort it. They must know they're distorting.

Evolution makes biology make sense. And if you don't teach your students the evolutionary core of biology, you're making it harder for them.

Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized.

I never say that evolution is a fact. Evolution is a theory. It's much more important than a fact, because theories explain things.

Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims under ever changing guises.

The stakes are high. If Kansas gets away with it ... I anticipate that in every state where science standards are up for revision, we are going to be fighting another battle.

Lawsuits, from my standpoint, are a sign of failure. We're hoping the lessons of Dover can be communicated throughout the rest of the country.