--- title: "1 Unborn Human Quotes By Carl Safina" description: "1 Unborn Human quotes by Carl Safina. Plus more from Carl Safina and more Unborn Human sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/carl-safina-12479_birth_there-appears-no-assurance-that-in-the-t_1347877.png" --- > [“There appears no assurance that in the times of our own grandchildren the world will contain viable populations of wild African Lions, Tigers, Polar Bears, Emperor Penguins, gorillas, or coral reefs. These are the animals expectant parents pain on nursery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/there-appears-no-assurance-that-in-the-times-of-our-own-grandchildren/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/carl-safina-12479_birth_there-appears-no-assurance-that-in-the-t_1347877.png) ## More by Carl Safina > [We put the murderer in charge of the crime scene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/we-put-the-murderer-in-charge-of-the-crime-scene/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [Try to cut down drastically on plastic. Recycle. Use less energy and more renewable energy. We can all live better by doing better for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/try-to-cut-down-drastically-on-plastic-recycle-use-less-energy-and/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [Why would even I say we can't stop drilling in the Gulf? Because we have no alternatives. Whether or not we drill in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/why-would-even-i-say-we-can-t-stop-drilling-in-the-gulf-because-we/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy sources were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/when-i-was-in-high-school-in-the-early-1970s-we-knew-we-were-running/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [“Summer has weeks left, but once the calendar displays the word “September,” you’d think it was Latin for “evacuate.” I pity them for missing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/summer-has-weeks-left-but-once-the-calendar-displays-the-word/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [“The world belongs to us, the wise ones, we declare...will we be pirates or captains, slumlords or godparents of time? Will we burn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/the-world-belongs-to-us-the-wise-ones-we-declare-will-we-be-pirates/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [To save the seas, we can eat sustainably and be conscious of the seafood we eat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/to-save-the-seas-we-can-eat-sustainably-and-be-conscious-of-the/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [If you ask the fish whether they'd rather have an oil spill or a season of fishing, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd vote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/if-you-ask-the-fish-whether-they-d-rather-have-an-oil-spill-or-a/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [“In a universe devoid of life, any life at all would be immensely meaningful. We ARE that meaning. “And what we see, “says the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/in-a-universe-devoid-of-life-any-life-at-all-would-be-immensely/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [From the happy-go-lucky days of oil exploration and drilling, when a lot of easy sources were being found and easily managed, we're gotten ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/from-the-happy-go-lucky-days-of-oil-exploration-and-drilling-when-a/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [But one doesn't wait for a revolution. One becomes it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/but-one-doesn-t-wait-for-a-revolution-one-becomes-it/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [“One can fully own a manufactured thing—a toaster, say, or a pair of shoes. But in what reasonable sense can one fully "own" and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/one-can-fully-own-a-manufactured-thing-a-toaster-say-or-a-pair-of/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [“Knowing the songs - and I'm still learning - lets one envision birds you can hear but can't see. And as always, the ability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/knowing-the-songs-and-i-m-still-learning-lets-one-envision-birds-you/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [“The world is changing because we're changing it. And that makes me understand, at least, what kind of person I'd like to be. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/the-world-is-changing-because-we-re-changing-it-and-that-makes-me/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) > [As a teenage fisherman, I watched and followed terns to find fish. Later, I studied terns for my Ph.D.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-safina/as-a-teenage-fisherman-i-watched-and-followed-terns-to-find-fish/) [Carl Safina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-safina/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unborn-human/carl-safina/#itemlist", "name": "1 Unborn Human Quotes By Carl Safina", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There appears no assurance that in the times of our own grandchildren the world will contain viable populations of wild African Lions, Tigers, Polar Bears, Emperor Penguins, gorillas, or coral reefs. These are the animals expectant parents pain on nursery room walls. Their implied wish: to welcome precious new life in to a world endowed with the magnificence and delight and fright of companions we have traveled with since the beginning. Some people debate the “rights of the unborn” as though a human life begins at conception but we don’t need to concern ourselves with its prospects after birth. Raging over the divine sanctity of anyone else’s pregnancy is a little overwrought and a little too easy when nature itself terminates one out of four by the sixth week. There are much bigger, more compassionate pro-life fish to fry. 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