Sapiens Quotes

70 Sapiens quotes by 54 unique authors

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
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
In the Sapient tongue he said softly, ‘Tell me, Master, did you know Incarceron was tiny?’ ‘Is it?’ Sapphique replied in the same language, his… — Catherine Fisher
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
We, Homo sapiens, destroyed the majority of the large mammalian species in North America and Australasia just over 10,000 years ago. We, Homo sapiens, now… — Michael W. Smith
We are placed in the genus of Homo, which is Latin for man - Homo sapiens: supposedly wise men. I sometimes think - wonder -… — Donald Johanson
The right question to ask from a Darwinian prospective is what was it about bipedalism that was so advantageous? Why did it lead to a… — Donald Johanson
Perhaps the most mysterious of all mammals is the male Homo sapiens. Indeed, many anthropologists classify the group as a subspecies. — Patricia Marx
Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We don't know who we are or how to function, much… — Jeanette Winterson
Homo sapiens are the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. — Joyce Carol Oates
In the beginning, according to fossil remains, the Homo Sapiens (humans) have been productively copulating for a minimum of 150,000 years or so. It is… — Johnny Luckett
''For I studied I've myself, ''I make mistakes like everyone else I've the same organs and body mechanics as most homo sapiens.'' ''The greedy man… — Jeremy Limn
''The unsatisfied nature of homo sapiens ''For I've studied myself, ''I make mistakes like everyone else I've the same organs and body mechanics as average… — Jeremy Limn
Race is the idea that a human being is more superior than another human being, race in society grants illusional rights to mistreat each other.… — Jeremy Limn
What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences… — J. William Fulbright
Human race is all over universe and there are sextillions of earths present in universe where Homo-sapiens like us exist. There are trillions of similar/identical/replica… — Ashwani Kumar Ojha

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