Born Quote by Wade Davis

“Even now I am haunted by the touching look of the young, bright, anxious eyes as we passed along the rows of sufferers. There,…

— Wade Davis

Its haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.

— Wade Davis

We accept it as normal that people who have never been on the land, who have no history or connection to the country, may…

— Wade Davis

Change is no threat to culture.

— Wade Davis

The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.

— Wade Davis

Genocide, the physical extinction of a people, is universally condemned, but ethnocide, the destruction of people's way of life, is not only not condemned,…

— Wade Davis

“What is even more astonishing is that the entire science of wayfinding is based on dead reckoning. You only know where you are by…

— Wade Davis

“Marsh had travelled on foot to the source of the Nile and once stood down a charging rhinoceros by intrepidly opening a pink umbrella…

— Wade Davis

The world can only appear monochromatic to those who persist in interpreting what they experience through the lens of a single cultural paradigm, their…

— Wade Davis

“Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.”

— Wade Davis

Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in the development…

— Wade Davis

So be patient. Do not compromise. And give your destiny time to find you.

— Wade Davis