The long history of mankind is studded with convergences, perhaps most notably in social systems and the use of artefacts and technology.… — Simon Conway Morris Copy Share Image
All human beings are entrepreneurs. When we were in the caves we were all self-employed . . . finding our food, feeding… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
I was given a thick paperback copy of the 'Guinness Book of Records' when I was 11 years old, and I read… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to eat. It… — Margaret Visser Copy Share Image
We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
Some god or Weltgeist has been making a movie out of us for the past six thousand years, and now we have… — William Irwin Thompson Copy Share Image
We had one or another form of state capitalism during an extremely brief period of human history, which tells us essentially nothing… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have never in human history seen a run-up in credit of the kind we have just witnessed in advanced economies since… — Alan M. Taylor Copy Share Image
It is useless saying that we do not accept the gods of the primitive world. In form, no; in essence, yes. The… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
For any exam in history, here is the answer: all human history is the struggle between systems that attempt to shackle the… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
“Playing God is actually the highest expression of human nature. The urges to improve ourselves, to master our environment, and to set… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
We have been living amidst one of the great revolutions of human history, and we hardly know it: the penetration of the… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
“Historians are not scientists. They cannot (and should not even trying to) establish universal laws of social or political "physics" with reliable… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
September 11 had such a strong visual component, the most visually documented event in human history. Nothing's ever been seen by as… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
There could be joy in destruction, too, couldn't there? Isn't Jesus Christ's Second Coming supposed to occur only after a lot of… — Kenzaburo Oe Copy Share Image
When we give our minds and our responsibility away, we give our lives away. If enough of us do it, we give… — David Icke Copy Share Image
