Species Quotes · Page 24

Nature is a big influence on my work. That's where the cosmic element comes in, an awareness of the relevance of what…

— Tim Lebbon

The way to understand how different species evolved is to think about the niches that they fill in an ecosystem - basically,…

— Steven Pinker

The "Otherizing" of women is the oldest oppression known to our species, and it's the model, the template, for all other oppressions.

— Robin Morgan

We are living in the most destructive and, hence, the most stupid period of the history of our species.

— Wendell Berry

Because of the nature of my life, because I train a great many people, I come upon such a huge variety of…

— Jean Houston

We need to take a leaf out of natures book. Any species that clones itself will eventually be attacked by a parasite,…

— Daniel Suarez

A preface is a species of literary luxury, where an author, like a lover, is privileged to be egotistical.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices.

— Jared Diamond

Once you have become permanently startled, as I am, by the realization that we are a social species, you tend to keep…

— Lewis Thomas

The French manner of hunting is gentlemanlike; ours is only for bumpkins and bodies. The poor beasts here are pursued and run…

— Lord Chesterfield

The soul, when accustomed to superfluous things, acquires a strong habit of desiring things which are neither necessary for the preservation of…

— Maimonides

We have a responsibility toward the other life-forms of our planet whose continued existence is threatened by the thoughtless behavior of our…

— Jane Goodall

Whether many people realize it yet or not, man, the Inferior Animal, has by now proved himself incapable of keeping his own…

— Benjamin Hoff

what a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine…

— William S. Burroughs

Because men, compared to male chimps, have such relatively small testicles (large testicles indicate a species where many males mate, one after…

— Carl Sagan

Most of them are doomed to rapid extinction, but a few may make evolutionary inventions, such as physiological, ecological, or behavioral innovations…

— Ernst Mayr

Above all, we should question the consumer ethic, which uses up non-renewable resources, creates inequality and injustice, generates pollution, destroys other species…

— Peter Marshall

I see no good reason why the views given this volume [The Origin of Species] should shock the religious feelings of any…

— Charles Darwin

Are soft-hearted people handicapped in business? You have heard a businessman say of someone else, He's all right, but he's too soft-hearted……

— B. C. Forbes

We see a world of abundance, not limits. In the midst of a great deal of talk about reducing the human ecological…

— William McDonough

The primitive history of the species is all the more fully retained in its germ-history in proportion as the series of embryonic…

— Fritz Muller

We humans think we are smart, but an orchid, for example, knows how to produce noble, symmetrical flowers, and a snail knows…

— Nhat Hanh

I have told the story I was asked to tell. I have closed it, as so many stories close, with a joining…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans. To perceive this and to…

— Anonymous

While many alien species are harmless, others pose expensive threats to seas and fields and forests.

— Nancy Gibbs

All geologic history is full of the beginning and the ends of species-of their first and last days; but it exhibits no…

— Hugh Miller

We are the only species of mammal that doubts our ability to give birth. It's profitable to scare women about birth. But…

— Ina May Gaskin

Man may be considered as a superior species of animal that produces philosophies and poems in about the same way a silkworm…

— Hippolyte Taine

Transhumanism literally means "beyond human." It's using science and technology to radically change and improve the human species and experience.

— Zoltan Istvan

As long as nuclear weapons exist, the chances of survival of the human species are quite slight.

— Noam Chomsky

The most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive…

— Charles Darwin

We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There's no desire to be…

— Frances McDormand

If we drive our fellow species to extinction, we will leave a far more desolate planet for our descendants than the world…

— James Hansen

We humans, one species of animal amongst millions, have now become the de facto guardians of the planet's climate stability.

— Mark Lynas

I am talking about the general psychological health of the species, man. He needs the existence of mysteries. Not their solution.

— John Fowles

We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources…

— Vandana Shiva

The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness.

— J. M. Coetzee

Let's not be too quick to blame the human race for everything. A great many species of animals became extinct before man…

— Will Cuppy

You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?

— Terry Pratchett

I'm trying to make you think I'm a decent person. Telling you I saw you naked while I was another species does…

— Maggie Stiefvater