Extinction Quotes

202 quotes by 176 authors

Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness - pushing us at intervals close to taboo and dangerous… — Susan Sontag
Deeper than temperature and the extinction of the polar bear is the idea that we all share this beautiful, ailing planet, Democrats and Republicans alike. — Sheryl Crow
We advocate biodiversity for biodiversity's sake. It may take our extinction to set things straight. — David Foreman
Human use of fossil fuels is altering the chemistry of the atmosphere; oceans are polluted and depleted of fish; 80 per cent of Earth's forests… — David Suzuki
There is a peculiar pathos in the extinction of a nation. — Homer Hulbert
When the moon shall have faded out from the sky, and the sun shall shine at noonday a dull cherry red, and the seas shall… — William Jacob Holland
Every good journalist is aware that his trade may one day go the way of phrenology-and, what's more, the population will hardly protest the extinction. — David Remnick
Since after extinction no one will be present to take responsibility, we have to take full responsibility now. — Jonathan Schell
Extinction has only separated groups: it has by no means made them; for if every form which has ever lived on this earth were suddenly… — Charles Darwin
That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we will have the… — James L. Farmer, Jr.
The cold view to take of our future is that we are therefore headed for extinction in a universe of impersonal chemical, physical, and biological… — Barry Lopez
We're handing them [young people & future generations] a climate system which is potentially out of their control. We're in an emergency: you can see… — James Hansen
There are plenty of problems in the world, many of them interconnected. But there is no problem which compares with this central, universal problem of… — John Foster Dulles
People, fearing their own extinction, are willing to accept and perpetuate hand-me-down answers to the meaning of life and death; and, fearing a weakening of… — Robert Coover
Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals. — Samuel Adams
I just wonder what it would be like to be reincarnated in an animal whose species had been so reduced in numbers than it was… — Prince Philip
We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding One generation and out. We have no problems with… — Wayne Pacelle
The extinction of Homo Sapiens would mean survival for millions, if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species. Phasing out the human race will solve every problem… — Ingrid Newkirk
Transcendence is the only real alternative to extinction. This is serious. This may be the ultimate final exam. — Joel Garreau

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