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119 Human Species quotes by 102 unique authors

You should know as much as you can about the human species if you have a hand in designing human society. — Frans de Waal
In my work, I try to reach and speak to that innocence, showing it the fun and joy of living; showing it that laughter is… — Walt Disney
The human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars. — Walt Disney
For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics. Everyone is in the act, and there is no… — Saul Bellow
It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species,… — Charles Dickens
One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you… — Christopher Hitchens
The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the… — Charles Lamb
Nature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans. — Adlai E. Stevenson
Looking around, I thought the human species was in fine shape and tried to think of something more beautiful than women and couldn't come up… — Pat Conroy
We say Fine, even though we may be dying, and this is commonly known as taking one's courage in both hands, a phenomenon that has… — Jose Saramago
The irresistible proliferation of graphomania shows me that everyone without exception bears a potential writer within him, so that the entire human species has good… — Milan Kundera
The human species was given dominion over the earth and took the opportunity to exterminate other species and warm the atmosphere and generally ruin things… — Jonathan Franzen
I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the… — Piers Anthony
I declare that The Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species,… — Timothy Leary
It is for this reason that rationality is of supreme importance to the well-being of the human species...even more, in those less fortunate times in… — Bertrand Russell
The Human Species could have been great but instead we became satisfied with lights on our tennis shoes. — George Carlin
My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left,… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Why fight the 'natural' (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this--one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume itself. In an… — David Mitchell
A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. We… — Carl Sagan
Science, already oppressive with its shocking revelations, will perhaps be the ultimate exterminator of our human species - if separate species we be - for… — H P Lovecraft
Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't — not because it's optimistic, but… — Robert Wright
It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love. — Voltaire
It is not man who is the enemy of the human species. It is the irrational; it is the spiritual when it is divorced from… — Anne Rice
In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction. — David Mitchell
We have a responsibility toward the other life-forms of our planet whose continued existence is threatened by the thoughtless behavior of our own human species.… — Jane Goodall

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