Homo Quotes

109 Homo quotes by 83 unique authors

The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus — man is a wolf to man—... is a libel on the wolf, which is a gentle animal with… — Geoffrey Gorer
[...] elite social engineers appear to be aiming at a "hetero-homo" world, i.e. where individuals are bisexual, promiscuous and bereft of family. — Henry Makow
Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an element of pride. — Ambrose Bierce
The paradox of the human condition is expressed more in education than elsewhere in human culture, because learning to learn has been and continues to… — Jules Henry
The function of education has never been to free the mind and the spirit of man, but to bind them; and to the end that… — Jules Henry
What Homo sapien imagines, he may slowly convert himself to. — Saul Bellow
For better or worse, man is the tool-using animal, and as such he has become the lord of creation. When he is lord also of… — William Ralph Inge
When younger, I thought one of the particulars of being "Homo sapiens" was to communicate. I have not learned not to, though I am cautious… — Nikki Giovanni
The language of art is powerful to those who understand it, and puzzling to those who do not. What we do know is that here… — Richard Leakey
Natural selection operates according to immediate cirumstances and not toward a long-term goal. Homo sapiens did eventually evolve as a descendant of the first humans,… — Richard Leakey
Spoken language clearly differentiates Homo sapiens from all other creatures. None but humankind produces a complex spoken language, a medium for communication and a medium… — Richard Leakey
Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.I am human: nothing human is alien to me. — Terence
It is of man's essence to create materially and morally, to fabricate things and to fabricate himself. Homo faber is the definition I propose ...… — Henri Bergson
If humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of life in the universe. Not… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species. — Anthony Storr
My own diagnosis of my problem is a simpler one. It's that I share 50 per cent of my genome with a banana and 98… — Sebastian Faulks
When homo sapiens is changing, it will not be by the whole race gaining simultaneously whatever qualities better fit it for survival, but rather by… — Charles Galton Darwin
Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. — Joyce Carol Oates
No matter how inured you get to atrocities, you're still always stunned and shocked by how cruel and wasteful Homo sapiens can be. — Steven Pinker
There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of… — Gore Vidal
Each day as I travel through downtown Tucson, I am amazed at how quickly the most ancient of human behaviors have changed. For as long… — Andrew Weil
In prehistoric times, Homo sapiens was deeply endangered. Early humans were less fleet of foot, with fewer natural weapons and less well-honed senses than all… — Robert Winston
I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens. — Eric Idle
Since the rise of Homo sapiens, human beings have been the smartest minds around. But very shortly - on a historical scale, that is -… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
If you think about it, every single species is endangered. Homo sapiens at the front of the line, mosquitoes and lawyers at the back. — Henry Rollins

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