Extinct Quotes

135 quotes by 117 authors

I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republican Party is not extinct and will… — Ed Rollins
We should not knowingly allow any species or race to go extinct. And let us go beyond mere salvage to begin the restoration of natural… — E. O. Wilson
I think we must ask ourselves if this is really what we want to do to God's creation, to drive it to extinction? Because extinction… — Stuart L. Pimm
Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, believes that in 25 years, somewhere between 75 and 80 percent of all the species of… — Gaylord Nelson
'Extinction' issue. Save the species for whom??? Humans' convenience, of course! Individuals of the species are snatched from their homes/family/habitat/held in captivity/forced to mate at… — Adela Popescu
Salamander: Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile. Salamanders are now believed to be extinct, the last one of… — Ambrose Bierce
In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their… — Samuel Adams
An animal that is very abundant, before it gets extinct, it becomes rare. So you don't lose abundant animals. You always lose rare animals. Therefore,… — Daniel Pauly
There's so much to say, the human race will be extinct long before everything which could be said has been said. — Steve Fowler
I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65… — Werner Herzog
We're in 'Jurassic Park' territory. If we go to the zoo in the future, we'll have zoos for extinct animals. — Michio Kaku
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were… — John F. Kennedy
The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it's not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It's because of Beyonce's handbags. — Steven Morrissey
Remember my mantra: distinct... or extinct. — Tom Peters
Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem. We are, and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that… — Vivienne Westwood
The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve… — Larry Niven
...An average of seventy-four species become extinct every day, which was one good reason but not the only one to hold someone's hand... — Nicole Krauss
I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really,… — Cassandra Clare

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