With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species. — Anthony Storr Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to convince people who are under the influence of ideological bigotry that whose whom they regard as belonging… — Louis J. Halle Copy Share Image
Human beings are a social species. We like to hang together in groups, just like wildebeests, just like lions. Wildebeests don't hang… — Dan Phillips Copy Share Image
Natural selection is all about the differential success of rival DNA in getting itself transmitted vertically in the species archives. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We can almost recycle everything now. If we lived within our means, by being prudent, the 7 billion people in the world… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
Woods and forests have been essentialt to the imagination of these islands, and of countries throughout the world, for centuries. It is… — Robert Macfarlane Copy Share Image
All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
The human species is forever in a state of change, forever becoming. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Discovering new species is a passion. A day without collecting plants is painful for me. — Corneille Ewango Copy Share Image
We need the stars... We need purpose! We need the image the Destiny to take root among the stars gives us of… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
Since, in the long run, every planetary civilization will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Each species on our planet plays a role in the healthy functioning of natural ecosystems, on which humans depend. — William H. Schlesinger Copy Share Image
In nature we find not only that which is expedient, but also everything which is not so inexpedient as to endanger the… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
Our hearts are being stretched to span the violence and the suffering in our lives and world, and at the same time… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
For over 30 years the Endangered Species Act has suffered from many fundamental flaws, the most notable being a blatant disregard for… — Chris Cannon Copy Share Image
The tendency of life is not the preservation of the species, but solely the preservation of each individual organism, as long as… — Boris Sidis Copy Share Image
I think religion is very anti-man. I think it's a terrible distortion and exploitation of a very natural urge every human has… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Space exploration must be undertaken not only out of simple human curiosity but also to further the survival of the species. The… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
It is an error common to many to take the character of mankind from the worst and basest amongst them; whereas, as… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any… — Yochai Benkler Copy Share Image