We [people] have the power to destroy ourselves as well as the environment. As a species we love what I'd call brinks-person-ship,… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Why fight the 'natural' (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this--one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
The French manner of hunting is gentlemanlike; ours is only for bumpkins and bodies. The poor beasts here are pursued and run… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Stories match the way our species thinks. Equally important, stories are something we share - everyone everywhere tells stories and oddly enough,… — John Daly Copy Share Image
Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
Mere chance ... alone would never account for so habitual and large an amount of difference as that between varieties of the… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others — John Muir Copy Share Image
Chronic sexual predators [to Vachss, pedophiles] have crossed an osmotic membrane. They can’t step back to the other side - our side.… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
Knowledge has its end in itself, apart from any idea of life and propagation of the species. — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
I think midwifery was developed by people with common sense, people who were close to nature, and people who observed other species… — Ina May Gaskin Copy Share Image
If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it. — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
We human beings are not only the beneficiaries but also the stewards of other creatures. Thanks to our bodies, God has joined… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I want to challenge all of you as people of deep conscience, people who are environment stewards of the earth and oceans… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Eradication of this unquenchable shrub [tamarisk] will save water, lower salinity levels and create a more congenial habitat for the Southwest Willow… — Wayne Allard Copy Share Image
Very few species have survived unchanged. There's one called lingula, which is a little shellfish, a little brachiopod about the size of… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
Yes, I spent two long years, traveling all over the United States, all over Europe, interviewing many, many, many people who had… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
Joan was nothing more than a friend. He was not in love with her. One does not fall in love with a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Money, power, love, sex (until they get married), adulation, children, and control. Of these, children cause the most trouble. Women also want… — Larry L. King Copy Share Image
“...agriculture and its attending social changes have likely increased selection for traits such as self-control, lower time discounting, and tolerance for routine… — Marco del Giudice Copy Share Image
I agree, along with Carl Sagan, that we should eventually become a two planet species. Life is too precious to place on… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
If my grandchildren were to look at me and say, 'You were aware species were disappearing and you did nothing, you said… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
As some species of plants need to be burned to the ground in order for them to later flourish, I needed to… — Xeno Muller Copy Share Image
Man is perhaps half mind and half matter in the same way as the polyp is half plant and half animal. The… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Livestock adopted in Africa were Eurasian species that came in from the north. Africa's long axis, like that of the Americas, is… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image