Attempting Quote by Richard Preston Download Open image “The earth is attempting to rid itself of an infection by human parasite.” — Richard Preston ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Attempting Earth Humans Infection Nature Parasites
“In a sense, the Earth is mounting an immune response against the human species. It is beginning to react to the human parasite, the flooding infection of people, the dead spots of the concrete all over the planet, the cancerous rot-outs in Europe, Japan and the United States, thick with replicating primates, the colonies enlarging and spreading and threatening to… — Richard Preston Copy Share
“If there was ever a species that deserved purging from the surface of the planet, it is humanity. We are, or should be, a… — Mal Peet Copy Share Image
Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“It’s the microscopic parasite that causes malaria. Nearly half of all human deaths in recorded history have been caused by this invisible assassin. One… — David Wong Copy Share Image
The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life on our planet. — Nathan Wolfe Copy Share Image
People think of a parasite as simply taking money, taking blood out of a host or taking money out of the economy. But in nature it's much more complicated. The parasite can't simply come in and take something. First of all, it needs to numb the host. It has an enzyme so that the host doesn't realize the parasite's there.… — Michael Hudson Copy Share
“Yes, the worst parasites. We reproduce with no internal limitations. We consume and destroy and make war. We have no predator except ourselves, and left unchecked we destroy ourselves every time. And we destroy the planet along with us. Humankind is the thing that must be contained. Man must be checked. We were nature’s mistake—the only species worth extinction is… — Ryan Winfield Copy Share
[we have]taming of an ancient disease [malaria] that over the centuries has killed untold millions of people. — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
We are killing our host the planet Earth… I was once severely criticized for describing human beings as being the 'AIDS of the Earth.'… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
“Nine out of ten humans killed? And you're not bothered." A look of mysterious thoughtfulness crossed his face. "A virus can be useful to… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
To mess around with Ebola is an easy way to die. Better to work with something safer, such as anthrax. — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
The best way to know what's in the soup, is to boil yourself in it. — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
“He becomes dizzy and utterly weak, and his spine goes limp and nerveless and he loses all sense of balance. The room is turning… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
“Ebola Zaire attacks every organ and tissue in the human body except skeletal muscle and bone. It is a perfect parasite because it transforms… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
“Jahrling sat down at his desk and sighed. There was a landfill of papers on his desk, mostly about smallpox, and it was discouraging.… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
“we could eradicate smallpox from nature, but we could not uproot the virus from the human heart” — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
“C.J. had spoken longingly of finding the African termite queen, the glistening white sac that was half a foot long and as thick as… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
During climbs into taller trees, I was occasionally able to look down on the backs of birds, which shine with reflected sunlight as they… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
The Ludolphian number is fixed in eternity— not a digit out of place, all characters in their proper order, an endless sentence written to… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
In terms of style, too, I think I've been working with a somewhat limited -- although intentionally limited -- set of tools. So I'm… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
To attempt to be religious without practicing a specific religion is as possible as attempting to speak without a specific language. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Ewan McGregor stars as Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, again doing a fine Alec Guinness impersonation but otherwise seeming lost and alone in the galaxy as… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
Daphne," he said with controlled gentleness, "what is wrong?" She sat down opposite him and placed a hand on his cheek. "I'm so insensitive,"… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I'm a dreamer and continue to dream of what can and will be, "Expecting great things from God, Attempting great things for God — William Carey Copy Share Image
I swear you’re a woman. (Devyn) I would respond to that, but I don’t want to distract you while you’re attempting to drive and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
To approach a city, or even a city neighborhood, as if it were a larger architectural problem, capable of being given order by converting… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is that of attempting them before the principles on which they proceed, and… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
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