Creatures Quotes

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Nine out of 10 Hollywood aliens look like us. Oh, sure, they might be short, big-eyed and hairless - decked out in skin smoother than… — Seth Shostak
If humans were totally unstructured creatures, they would be... a tool which can properly be shaped by outside forces. — Noam Chomsky
It seems pretentious to assume that we are not creatures of action. I think often it takes a situation of extreme absurdity, extreme action, to… — Eleanor Catton
Orthodox theologians insisted that the rest of humankind were only transitory creatures, lost in sin - a view that would support what would become their… — Elaine Pagels
Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of those odd moth-like creatures who seem to combine extreme discomfort with the spotlight with an unstoppable compulsion to leap… — Craig Brown
Enlightened despots are mythical creatures; real despots seem more interested in stealing money or installing their sons after them. — Elliott Abrams
I have been honoured to serve the whales, dolphins, seals - and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence, strength, and spirit… — Paul Watson
We are material creatures who spend much of our lives on material pursuits (even building a cathedral or writing a novel requires stone and mortar… — Virginia Postrel
We are visual creatures. When you doodle an image that captures the essence of an idea, you not only remember it, but you also help… — Tom Wujec
The first voyagers to the stars will be creatures whose life cycle is matched to the voyage: the aeons involved in traversing the galaxy are… — Martin Rees
Natural selection shaped the human brain to be drawn toward aspects of nature that enhance our survival and reproduction, like verdant landscapes and docile creatures.… — Paul Bloom
Artificial creatures date back to the ancient Chinese and Greeks. Renaissance automata were designed primarily to entertain, reflecting the value placed on leisure. — Ken Goldberg
For decades I have tried to peel back the layers of mystery surrounding many marine creatures, though most have held tightly to their secrets. One… — Brian Skerry
There is but one kind of love; God is love, and all his creatures derive theirs from his; only it is modified by the different… — John James Audubon
Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They become focused and energized by taking offence; it makes them… — Michael Leunig
Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are the uniquest. And… — Donald Johanson
Vampires were always able to transform into creatures of the night. The dark creatures like bats have always been associated with vampires and using the… — Luke Evans
In all warm-blooded creatures, which are the highest evolved and have feelings, passions and emotions, which reach outward into the world with desire, which may… — Max Heindel
Viruses have to live somewhere. They can only replicate in living creatures. So, when the Ebola virus disappears between outbreaks, it has to be living… — David Quammen
The good works of the unsaved may indeed benefit their fellow-creatures; but until life in Christ has been received, they cannot please God. — Hudson Taylor

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