Animal Quote by John Steinbeck

“It is a rule in paleontology that ornamentation and complication precede extinction. And our mutation, of which the assembly line, the collective farm, the…

— John Steinbeck

“If then this tendency toward collectivization is a mutation there is no reason to suppose it is for the better. It is a rule…

— John Steinbeck

The lower animals, on the other hand, must have their bodily structure modified in order to survive under greatly changed conditions. They must be…

— Charles Darwin

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.

— Kevin Kelly

Humans regard animals as worthy of protection only when they are on the verge of extinction.

— Paul Craig Roberts

Palaeontologists cannot live by uniformitarianism alone. This may be termed the Phenomenon of the Fallibility of the Fossil Record.

— D. V. Ager

In the history of the world the prize has not gone to those species which specialized in methods of violence, or even in defensive…

— Alfred North Whitehead

The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

An animal that is very abundant, before it gets extinct, it becomes rare. So you don't lose abundant animals. You always lose rare animals.…

— Daniel Pauly

“Species that struggle to adapt to survive will become extinct”

— Charles Darwin

Animals form an inalienable fragment of nature, and if we hasten the disappearance of even one species, we diminish our world and our place…

— James A. Michener

Each creature both great and small has evolved after millions of years of evolution serving an integrated and important part in the ecological balance…

— Amala Akkineni