“People think the earth is going to die and they have to save it. Thats ridiculous. If you rid the earth of flowering plants, people would die, period. But the earth was without flowering plants for almost all of its history.” PeopleIfsThinkingEarthDiesPeriodsPlantRidiculousFlowering Author:Lynn Margulis
“The urgency to mate persists in all people as in all other mammals because of the evolutionary drive to continue the species, the inborn imperative for genes to reproduce and hormonal differences that evolved over millions of years.” PeopleYearsDifferencesMillionsSpeciesMatesGenesPersistImperativesUrgencyMammals Author:Lynn Margulis
“The notion of saving the planet has nothing to do with intellectual honesty or science. The fact is that the planet was here long before us and will be here long after us. The planet is running fine. What people are talking about is saving themselves and saving their middle-class lifestyles and saving their cash flow.” PeopleLongFactsRunningTalkingClassMiddleHonestyPlanetsFineIntellectualFlowNotionLifestyleSavingMiddle ClassCashCash FlowIntellectual Honesty Author:Lynn Margulis
