All Daniel Quinn Quotes
- TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person. Apply
- There are times when having too much to say can be as dumbfounding as having too little. Dumbfounding
- It's the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It's seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can't watch a… All
- Diversity is a survival factor for the community itself. A community of a hundred million species can survive anything short of total global catastrophe. Within… All
- [A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion. Community
- No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not… Any
- [Y]our agricultural revolution is not an event like the Trojan War, isolated in the distant past and without relevance to your lives today. The work… Agricultural
- [I]n Africa I was a member of a family—of a sort of family that the people of your culture haven't known for thousands of years.… Africa
- You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live. … You are… Captive
- If you alone found out what the lie was, then you're probably right—it would make no great difference. But if you ALL found out what… All
- The mythology of your culture hums in your ears so constantly that no one pays the slightest bit of attention to it. Of course man… According
- [T]he price you've paid is not the price of becoming human. It's not even the price of having the things you just mentioned. It's the… Becoming
- There's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord with the world, they will live in accord with… Accord
- This law … defines the limits of competition in the community of life. You may compete to the full extent of your capabilities, but you… Access
- The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'. Belongs
- Blessed are those who do whatever they can wherever they are, for no one is devoid of resources or opportunities. Blessed
- Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere in the universe that creation came to an end with the birth of man? Do you see the… Anywhere
- We're not destroying the world because we're clumsy. We're destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with… Clumsy
- The sign stopped me-- or rather, this text stopped me. Words are my profession; I seized these and demanded that they explain themselves, that they… Ambiguous
- A castaway in the sea was going down for the third time when he caught sight of a passing ship. Gathering his last strength, he… Back Get
- Children don't need learning. They need access to what they want to learn outside the home. Access
- The world doesn't belong to us, we belong to it. Always have, always will. We belong to the world. We belong to the community of… Belong
- There is a difference between the inmates of your criminal prisons and the inmates of your cultural prison: The former understand that the distribution of… Criminal
- If you can’t discover what’s keeping you in, the will to get out soon becomes confused and ineffectual - "Ishmael Becomes
- Most beginning writers - and I was the same - are like chefs trying to cook great dishes that they've never tasted themselves. How can… Adequate