Extinct Quotes

135 quotes by 117 authors

If you're worried about caribou, take a look at the arguments that were used about the pipeline. They'd say the caribou would be extinct. You've… — George H. W. Bush
Several times in Earth's history, rapid global warming occurred, apparently spurred by amplifying feedbacks. In each case, more than half of plant and animal species… — James Hansen
The easiest and quickest path into the esteem of traditional military authorities is by the appeal to the eye, rather than to the mind. The… — B. H. Liddell Hart
I read, for the first time, of the Carolina Parakeet-a North American parakeet whose green, yellow and reddish-orange plumage appeared vivacious and altogether quite wonderful.… — Christopher Cokinos
That I had never heard of such a bird did not surprise me.... But others more experienced also did not know of the Carolina Parakeet.… — Christopher Cokinos
Later, I learned that our forgetting of the parakeet had begun even before the species was extinct. — Christopher Cokinos
That which is useless dies. Animals that fail to serve some useful purpose in the scheme of things slowly but surely become extinct. Let any… — B. C. Forbes
Of the four billion life forms which have existed on this planet, three billion, nine hundred and sixty million are now extinct. We don't know… — P.D. James
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities,… — Octavio Paz
In ten years [i.e., 1980] all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because… — Paul R. Ehrlich
Nature proceeds by blunders; that is its way. It is also ours. So if we have blundered by regarding consciousness as a blunder, why make… — Thomas Ligotti
We are the intelligent elite among animal life on earth and whatever our mistakes, [Earth] needs us. This may seem an odd statement after all… — James Lovelock
What distinguishes genocide from murder, and even from acts of political murder that claim as many victims, is the intent. The crime is wanting to… — Philip Gourevitch
There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world… — Hannah Szenes
HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness… — Ambrose Bierce
I personally cannot discern a shred of evidence for â€˜[intelligent] design.â€™ If 97% of all creatures have gone extinct, some plan isn't working very well! — Irven DeVore
Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand. — Dr. Seuss
Let's not be too quick to blame the human race for everything. A great many species of animals became extinct before man ever appeared on… — Will Cuppy
The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was… — Will Cuppy
One animal or plant species may become extinct every hour. All species are doomed to extinction, but man through worldwide development/killing animals for food/profit/using toxic… — Erik P. Eckholm

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