His interest, after all, was not in the origin of species but in their demise.
– Elizabeth Kolbert
Related Quotes:
- Every emotion that we experience on a moment-by-moment basis has origin. The origin is a thought (s). – Assegid Habtewold
- Darwin abolished special creations, contributed the Origin of Species and hitched all life together in one unbroken procession. – Mark Twain
- Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it’s not clear that he ever really did. – Elizabeth Kolbert
- Amphibians-”the word comes from the Greek meaning -˜double life. – Elizabeth Kolbert
- According to Lamarck, there was a force-”the -˜power of life’-”that pushed organisms to become increasingly complex. – Elizabeth Kolbert
- The ‘incredible frog hotel’-”really a local bed and breakfast-”…the frogs stay (in their tanks) in a block of rented rooms. – Elizabeth Kolbert
- Our way is upward, from the species across to the super-species. But the degenerate mind which says -˜All for me’ is a horror to us. – Friedrich Nietzsche
- Learn about art, Captain. When you understand a species’ art, you understand that species. – Grand Admiral Thrawn
- Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. – Pericles
- Entrepreneurship is the use of self-interest in the service of others. Politics is the use of others in the service of self-interest. – Jakub Boydar Winiewski
- Righteousness acts never in its own interest, but in the interest of fellow men. – Thaddeus of Vitovnica
- The more interest you show in your spouse, the more interest your spouse will show in you. – Lindsey Rietzsch
- Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral. – Gore Vidal
- It is in your best interest to avoid sleep debt, otherwise be prepared to pay both the DEBT and the INTEREST! – Stan Jacobs
- Humans don’t have any type of interest… HAVING SO MUCH STUFF AROUND THEM AND SO LITTLE INTEREST IN THEM. – Deyth Banger
- Only those who live for others become immortal, and the rest simply perish within a few weeks , or alas days, after their mortal demise. – Abhijit Naskar
- Illusory attachment (moha) is indeed what will keep on biting you until the point of your demise! – Dada Bhagwan
- With Zia’s controversial demise in 1988, Jinnah was finally spared the false beard Zia kept pinning on the founder’s otherwise clean-shaven face. – Nadeem Farooq Paracha
- Mankind’s obsession with money and greed has them going down a one way street to their demise. – Steven Magee
- All she could see was her demise and it called out a tempting ruse, offering a suffering less potent than what sickened the living. – BB Wynter
- Study me in my slow and patient demise. Watch what happens to me. Learn with me. – Mitch Albom
- An autobiography is inherently incomplete unless the last page is written on the eve of the author’s demise. – Dan Makaon
- Innocence crafts its own demise. – FT McKinstry
- …life is extremely resilient but not infinitely so. – Eizabeth Kolbert
- Holding her gaze, he sheathed his short sword and pulled the gauntlet off his left hand with his teeth. He held out his bare hand t – Elizabeth Hoyt
- You can’t condemn an entire species of people because of the actions of one man. – Elizabeth Richards
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- Samantha, you interest me. I’d like to take you out. Why are you fighting me? – Elizabeth Brown
- But should not atheists have an equal obligation to explain the origin of pleasure in a world of randomness and meaninglessness? – Philip Yancey
- If origin defines race, then the entire human race is African. – Abhijit Naskar
- Revealing of origin , evidence the existence of hidden pearls in mind which is addicted to imagine and thought as well. – Seema Gupta
- Be like the koru; as you go forward into the forever-changing future, always remain faithful to the point of origin. – Lauren Lola
- I choose what sort of relationship I want to have with my family of origin today. – Maureen Brady
- We, humans, easily associate every Good with God and every bad with devil, ignoring the fact that God is the creator and origin of everything. – Tarif Naaz
- No matter what your origin or beliefs, rather adolescent or full grown. Thoughts are scribed in pencil but actions are carved in stone – Carl Henegan
- Current utility and historical origin are different subjects. – Stephen Jay Gould
- Everything has an origin in it, and animals are no exception. – Ari Berk Carolyn Dunn
- When Maimonides says that the Messiah will come but that ‘he may tarry,’ we see the origin of every Jewish shrug from Spinoza to Woody Allen. – Christopher Hitchens