(261 quotes found)
“There are 193 species of monkeys and apes, 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a naked ape self-named Homo sapiens.”
Desmond Morris
“Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species.”
Jeannette Desor
“Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.”
Joyce Carol Oates
“The larger the pie, the greater number of possible slices big enough to sustain the lives of individual species.”
Edward O. Wilson
“It occurred to me, in 1837, that something might perhaps be made of this question (the origin of the species) by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it”
Charles Darwin
“It doesn't really matter whether it's the federal government that oversees the protection of endangered species and open space conservation or the state,”
David Hogan
“Diminish the mass of evils that afflict the human species, increase enjoyment and well-being. And even if the new routes opened up could prolong the average life of mankind by only a few hours, or even a few days, then the scientist, too could aspire”
Antoine Lavoisier
“The egg of every species of animal or plant carries a definite number of bodies called chromosomes. The sperm carries the same number. Consequently, when the sperm unites with the egg, the fertilized egg will contain the double number of chromosomes.”
Thomas Hunt Morgan
“However degraded or wretched a fellow mortal may be, he is still a member of our common species”
Seneca
“The African was defined and treated as being of a lesser human species than even the lowliest among the colonizers.”
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
