Extinct Quotes

135 quotes by 117 authors

Ninety-nine percent of all species that ever lived are now extinct. — E. O. Wilson
All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct. — Carl Sagan
Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life — Octavio Paz
If they [enlightened men] take any interest in examining, in the infancy of our species, the almost obliterated traces of so many nations that have… — Georges Cuvier
The question now at issue, whether the living species are connected with the extinct by a common bond of descent, will best be cleared up… — Charles Lyell
There is no good scientific reason to bring back an extinct species. Why would one bring them back? To put them in a theme park? — Hendrik Poinar
My first attraction to writing novels was the plot, that almost extinct animal. Those novels I read which made me want to be a novelist… — John Irving
The workman in the true sense of the word - the artist in guns - is either extinct, or hidden in an obscure corner. There… — Richard Jefferies
What the fossil record does do is to force us to contemplate our place on the planet. We are but one species of several hominids… — Louise Leakey
All cannot rule, nor can all be ruled. All cannot plow, nor can all sow, nor reap. No more can all neglect such employments, else… — Joseph P. Bradley
Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design. — Kevin Kelly
Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do not again hear of Marcus, it is probable that he… — Frederic William Farrar
My spirit is broken, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me. — Kaile Stewart
Things that dont change go extinct — Code Geass
Thus the legends of music are dying one by one,The music is starting to be a dissonance year by year,Hence, I guess in 2015 the… — Blacksonbeats
Humanity will be extinct soon. We glorify war and murder, and we love hating each other. That is our demise, there is no hope. It's… — Jeremy Limn
If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for. — Tommy Shaw
We should take time and think, the bombs and tanks makes mankind extinct. — Nas
Every species we cause to become extinct we come closer to our own extinction — Unkown
Nanotechnology will be responsible for the largest evolutionary change in mankind. Life as we know it 'will' become extinct. Humans will be cured. — Carl Stoynoff

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