Our Species Quotes
127 quotes by 100 authors
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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
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There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
— Noam Chomsky
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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
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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
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Asperger's syndrome has probably been an important and valuable characteristic of our species throughout evolution.
— Tony Attwood
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Protecting our future on this planet depends on the conscious evolution of our species.
— Leonardo DiCaprio
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Our species in general had grown accustomed to pain and adversity through millennia of struggle . . . we were only recently evolving the ability…
— Gay Hendricks
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Global warming threatens the survival of our species.
— Lucien Bouchard
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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
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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
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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
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We are living in the most destructive and, hence, the most stupid period of the history of our species.
— Wendell Berry
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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
Who Wrote These Our Species Quotes
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