I want you to want me...

א"ר יצחק מפני מה היו אבותינו עקורים מפני שהקב"ה מתאוה לתפלתן של צדיקים

) שמות רבה כא ה, תנחומא, תולדות ט, (יבמות סד א, בראשית רבה מה ד

“Rabbi Yitzchak said: Why were our forefathers barren? Because The Holy One, Blessed is He, desires the prayers of the righteous”

Yevamos 64a 

Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Ohh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feelin' all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin'
Ohh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'm beggin' you to beg me

-Cheap Trick

 Hat Tip: My wife

The Devolution of Man

I once had a little monkey for twelve years in my home, and he was my very best argument for Darwin, because to be descended from such a nice being is just wonderful.

 C.F. von Weizsacker, quoted in Cosmos, Bios Theos (ed.  Henry Margenau and Roy and Abraham Varghese), p. 130

In the time of R. Simcha Zissel of Kelm, Darwin was influential. R. Simcha Zissel said: “Darwin claims that Man came from ape. It is befitting for Darwin to say such a thing, for he never saw a person! I saw R. Yisrael [Salanter], and therefore I know that Man does not come from an ape!”

R. Shlomo Wolbe, Alei Shur II, p. 79 (my translation)