Climate Quote by Henry Rollins

It is astonishing to realise that the human species survived hundreds of thousands of years, more than 99 percent of its time on this…

— Leonard Hayflick

“I think maximum lifespan is about a hundred years. Compared to human history, a hundred years is quite short. So if we utilize that…

— Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Abrams

As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed…

— S. Jay Olshansky

Humans have lived for much, much longer than the approximately 10,000 years of settled agricultural civilization.

— Howard Rheingold

We live in the most amazing period in human history. We can have unlimited energy, unlimited food, provide education for everyone, clean water, all…

— Vivek Wadhwa

We're addicted to this concept of civilization - we can't imagine living outside of it because we've had it for 10,000 years, all of…

— Serj Tankian

As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but I…

— Diane Ackerman

“It’s important to keep in mind that when viewed against the full scale of our species’ existence, ten thousand years is but a brief…

— Christopher Ryan

The life we've been leading couldn't last forever. It's a wonder it lasted as long as it did.

— Jack Vance

Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?

— R. Buckminster Fuller

One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent?

— Leon Kass

I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species,…

— C. S. Lewis