All Jared Diamond Quotes
- Although native Africans domesticated some plants in the Sahel and in Ethiopia and in tropical West Africa, they acquired valuable domestic animals only later, from… Acquired
- Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas… Acquire
- Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably… Acting
- Even to this day, no native Australian animal species and only one plant species-the macadamia nut-have proved suitable for domestication. There still are no domestic… Animal
- I personally am not conscious of my accent. Accent
- Some people have much more pull than other people. But when I say that the public has ultimate responsibility, I'm not saying it in a… Bring
- The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did have abundant resources. But now we are… Abundant
- Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more… Ago
- The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from… Afghanistan
- Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have… Additions
- The southward advance of native African farmers with Central African crops halted in Natal, beyond which Central African crops couldn't grow - with enormous consequences… Advance
- We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific. Classified
- No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good… Big
- Ahead of me lies the familiar litany: weakening of the heart, hardening of the arteries, increasing brittleness of bones, decreases in kidney filtration rates, lower… Ahead
- Livestock adopted in Africa were Eurasian species that came in from the north. Africa's long axis, like that of the Americas, is north/south rather than… Adapt
- Eurasia's main axis is east/west, whereas the main axis of the Americas is north/south. Eurasia's east/west axis meant that species domesticated in one part of… Adapted
- Technology has to be invented or adopted. Adopted
- It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received… American
- Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For… Arrive
- AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing with these issues would cost about $25… Aids