"If you put a large switch in some……" — Joel Garreau
"If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, and a sign on it saying, "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE TO NOT TOUCH," the paint wouldn't even have time to dry."
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20 Quotes by Joel Garreau
Joel Garreau has 20 quotes on this site.
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We are at an inflection point in history.
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The next frontier is our own selves.
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Today the story is no less attitude-adjusting. It is about the defining cultural, social and political issue of our age.…
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The inflection point at which we have arrived is one in which we are increasingly seizing the keys to all…
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In 1920 [H.G. Wells] described human history as becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
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It is time to rekindle the spirit of the Renaissancee to achieve a golden age that will be a turning…
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The hallmark of the Renaissance was its holistic quality as all fields of art, engineering, science and culture shared the…
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The Harvard Law of Animal Behavior holds that under controlled experimental conditions of temperature, time, lighting, feeding, and training, the…
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Informing all of Carson's work was the idea that although human beings are part of nature, we are distinguished by…
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Humankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history.
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The physician who waits until dead certain of a diagnosis before acting is likely to wind up with a dead…
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Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected,…
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More Cave Quotes
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one of 303 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.
— Margaret Atwood
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We would betray our values and play into our enemies' hands if we were to treat Muslims differently than anyone…
— Michael Bloomberg
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Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave.…
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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You don't have to be a cave man to appreciate Lascaux.
— Walter Darby Bannard
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I have... had a disturbing dream in which I break through a cave wall near Nag Hammadi and discover urns…
— Colin McEnroe
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One extremely important purpose of emotions from an evolutionary perspective is to help us decide what to remember and what…
— Candace Pert
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The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant…
— John Milton
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I guess of all my uncles, I liked Uncle Caveman the best. We called him Uncle Caveman because he lived…
— Jack Handey
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Just as an octopus may have his den in some ocean cave, and come floating out a silent image of…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary…
— Eric Hoffer
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Cat said, 'I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by…
— Rudyard Kipling
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Consider the situation. There you are, forehead like a set of balconies, worrying about the long-term effects of all this…
— Terry Pratchett
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