Our Species Quotes

127 quotes by 100 authors

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very… — George Carlin
There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly. — Noam Chomsky
There is enough for everyone to have what they need without exploitation. Adequate distribution of resources, including education, without violence can lead to a sustainable… — Vern Huffman
The insanity of the collective egoic mind, amplified by science and technology, is rapidly taking our species to the brink of disaster. Evolve or die:… — Eckhart Tolle
Asperger's syndrome has probably been an important and valuable characteristic of our species throughout evolution. — Tony Attwood
I [do not know] when the end of science will come. ... What I do know is that our species is dumber than we normally… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Science is not marginal. Like art, it is a universal possession of humanity, and scientific knowledge has become a vital part of our species' repertory.… — E. O. Wilson
Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows… — Mahatma Gandhi
The teachings of Christianity - from vicarious redemption to the love of enemies, no thought for the morrow need be taken, that no thrift or… — Christopher Hitchens
Human beings never think for themselves... For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset if they are… — Michael Crichton
Our ancestors were eating meat over 2.5 million years ago. We mainly ate meat, fish, fruits, vegetables and nuts. We have to assume our physiology… — Lionel Tiger
What little wilderness remains displays the patterns we must return to, if our species and as many others as now remain are to persist here… — Stephanie Mills
Protecting our future on this planet depends on the conscious evolution of our species. — Leonardo DiCaprio
Our species in general had grown accustomed to pain and adversity through millennia of struggle . . . we were only recently evolving the ability… — Gay Hendricks
Global warming threatens the survival of our species. — Lucien Bouchard
Solve global warming, eliminate the nuclear threat, and we will still have to confront the vastness of our species and the way it diminishes, without… — Verlyn Klinkenborg
A realistic expectation also demands our acceptance that one's allotted time on earth must be limited to an allowance consistent with the continuity of our… — Sherwin B. Nuland
One cannot avoid a certain feeling of disgust, when one observes the actions of man displayed on the great stage of the world. Wisdom is… — Immanuel Kant
We are living in the most destructive and, hence, the most stupid period of the history of our species. — Wendell Berry
The three pillars of development (economic, social and environmental) must be strengthened together. But it is evident that two of the pillars - economic and… — Dave Hampton

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