--- title: "8 Humans Planet Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Humans Planet quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Humans Planet sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/bill-mckibben-1057_bigger_climate-change-is-the-single-biggest-thi_226869.jpg" --- > [Climate change is the single biggest thing that humans have ever done on this planet. The one thing that needs to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/climate-change-is-the-single-biggest-thing-that-humans-have-ever-done/) [Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d61/bill-mckibben-1057_bigger_climate-change-is-the-single-biggest-thi_226869.jpg) > [It seems probable that humans have been on the planet, with much the same brain, for about 250,000 years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-churchland/it-seems-probable-that-humans-have-been-on-the-planet-with-much-the/) [Patricia Churchland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-churchland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/patricia-churchland-19570_brain_it-seems-probable-that-humans-have-been_331403.png) > [In the next century or two, we humans will have planet-finder telescopes that span our solar system with mirrors strewn from here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-marcy/in-the-next-century-or-two-we-humans-will-have-planet-finder/) [Geoffrey Marcy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-marcy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/geoffrey-marcy-64559_aliens_in-the-next-century-or-two-we-humans-wil_662215.jpg) > [Nothing is more important than saving ... the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee/nothing-is-more-important-than-saving-the-lions-tigers-giraffes/) [James Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/james-lee-51258_ants_nothing-is-more-important-than-saving-th_1310847.jpg) > [It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ina-may-gaskin/it-is-important-to-keep-in-mind-that-our-bodies-must-work-pretty-well/) [Ina May Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ina-may-gaskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/ina-may-gaskin-10809_body_it-is-important-to-keep-in-mind-that-our_1427040.png) > [Kid says to me, "You play baseball? What position? Left out?" and gets a big laugh from the rest of the class.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/kid-says-to-me-you-play-baseball-what-position-left-out-and-gets-a/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/jodi-picoult-45_astronomy_kid-says-to-me-you-play-baseball-what-po_1575433.jpg) > [I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-earle/i-hope-that-someday-we-will-find-evidence-that-there-is-intelligent/) [Sylvia Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/sylvia-earle-1756_conservation_i-hope-that-someday-we-will-find-evidenc_1978004.jpg) > [“our bodies must work pretty well, or there wouldn’t be so many humans on the planet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ina-may-gaskin/our-bodies-must-work-pretty-well-or-there-wouldn-t-be-so-many-humans/) [Ina May Gaskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ina-may-gaskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/ina-may-gaskin-10809_humans_our-bodies-must-work-pretty-well-or-ther_2291402.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humans-planet/#itemlist", "name": "Humans Planet Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Climate change is the single biggest thing that humans have ever done on this planet. 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