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127 Our Species quotes by 98 unique authors

I firmly believe that we who are alive and can think today-in the closing years of the 20th century-have a commitment to our species to… — Paul Levinson
I would say that for the sake of human progress, the best thing we could possibly do would be to diminish, to the point of… — E. O. Wilson
The brain writes the autobiography of our species at the conscious level. — David Brooks
The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause,… — Arthur Koestler
Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than… — Saint Basil
Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species. — C.S. Lewis
For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally.… — Ann Druyan
Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just a piece of 'stuff' but… — Kevin McCloud
Greed has been with human beings forever. We have a number of things in our species that you would call 'the dark side,' and greed… — Michael Moore
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. — Carl Sagan
It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a… — Neale Donald Walsch
Since, in the long run, every planetary civilization will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring--not because of… — Carl Sagan
Literature was not promulgated by a pale and emasculated critical priesthood singing their litanies in empty churches - nor is it a game for the… — John Steinbeck
Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of man. Nothing was ever created… — John Steinbeck
It's forgiveness that makes us what we are. Without forgiveness, our species would've annihilated itself in endless retributions. Without forgiveness, there would be no history.… — Gregory David Roberts
Cosmology is among the oldest subjects to captivate our species. And it’s no wonder. We’re storytellers, and what could be more grand than the story… — Brian Greene
Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self-knowledge. We fall in love hoping we won't find in another what we know is… — Alain de Botton
Although personally, I think cyberspace means the end of our species. — Michael Crichton
You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our… — Terence McKenna
...our species is one, and each of the individuals who compose it are entitled to equal moral consideration. — Michael Ignatieff
I have told the story I was asked to tell. I have closed it, as so many stories close, with a joining of two people.… — Ursula K. Le Guin
It has oft been said that physicians make the worst patients, but it is the opinion of This Author that any man makes a terrible… — Julia Quinn
The belief that tomorrow is a different place from today is certainly a unique hallmark of our species. — Douglas Coupland
Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea that… — John Green
I am convinced that the act of thinking logically cannot possibly be natural to the human mind. If it were, then mathematics would be everybody's… — Neil deGrasse Tyson

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