#species

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#achieve #continuation #dirty #love is #only

That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be no distinguishable individuals of a species. ↗

— Richard Owen

#certain #certain extent #condition #constant #extent

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#hungry #knowledge #new #new knowledge #species

In the world of commercial speech, tobacco advertising bears the earmarks of an endangered species. ↗

— Jef I. Richards

#bears #commercial #earmarks #endangered #endangered species

The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay. ↗

— Martin Luther

#clay #consulted #continue #generation #god

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

— Kevin Kelly

#body #built #design #extinct #given

Humanity is quite a unique species, since it is the only one with the means to wipe itself out. ↗

— Ramman Kenoun

#itself #means #only #out #quite

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy. ↗

— Louis Kronenberger

#being #considered #englishman #gentleman #good

Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#become #destined #equal #man #origin

Indeed, the whole human species is endangered, by nuclear weapons or by other means of wholesale destruction which further advances in science are likely to produce. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#destruction #endangered #further #human #human species