Homo Quotes

109 quotes by 88 authors

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable. — Henri Bergson
Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo -… — William S. Burroughs
The first and highest law must be the love of man to man. Homo homini Deus est - this is the supreme practical maxim, this… — Ludwig Feuerbach
The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the saccharine… — Robert A. Heinlein
Homo sapiens, the first truly free species, is about to decommission natural selection, the force that made us. Soon we must look deep within ourselves… — E. O. Wilson
Asian Homo erectus died without issue and does not enter our immediate ancestry (for we evolved from African populations); Neanderthal people were collateral cousins, perhaps… — Stephen Jay Gould
If I had my life to live over again I would not devote it to develop new industrial processes: I would try to add my… — Leo Baekeland
There seems to me to be absolutely no limit to the inanity and credulity of the human race. Homo Sapiens! Homo idioticus! — Arthur Conan Doyle
If a human being dreams a great dream, dares to love somebody; if a human being dares to be Martin King, or Mahatma Gandhi, or… — Maya Angelou
What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences… — J. William Fulbright
The disastrous history of our species indicates the futility of all attempts at a diagnosis which do not take into account the possibility that homo… — Arthur Koestler
Out of man's mind in free play comes the creation Science. It renews itself, like the generations, thanks to an activity which is the best… — Jacques Barzun
We have come to look at our planet as a resource for our species, which is funny when you think that the planet has been… — Marston Bates
These slender little people (Homo Habilis), the size of modern 12 year olds, were devoid of fangs and claws and almost certainly slower on foot… — E. O. Wilson
What is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much greater than the differences. — Estelle Ramey
What is there about the notion of a person, at law, that makes every living member of the species Homo sapiens a person, irrespective of… — Peter Singer
There are one hundred and ninety-three living species of monkeys and apes. One hundred and ninety-two of them are covered with hair. The exception is… — Desmond Morris
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
We have become a plague upon ourselves and upon the Earth. It is cosmically unlikely that the developed world will choose to end its orgy… — David Graeber
Aberjhani's writing blows the mind and frees the psyche of any rigid assumptions about ancestral heritage. Here, our collective experience is starkly rendered. The transparency… — Rosy Cole

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