“Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.” AnimalOilCaptureWild AnimalTotems Author:J. Paul Getty
“The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.” EnergyAnimalLandSourceOceanMassResourcesAreasTradePlantCommerceMineralsPlants And AnimalsAnimal LifeEnergy SourcesJurisdictionTotemsOffshoreMineral Resources Author:Tom Allen
“Therefore, vegetarianism alone can give us the quality of com-passion, which distinguishes man from the rest of the animal world.” MenWorldGivingPassionAnimalQualityVegetarianismAnimal WorldTotems Author:Morarji Desai
“What is a totem? It is as a rule an animal (whether edible and harmless or dangerous and feared) and more rarely a plant or a natural phenomenon (such as rain or water), which stands in a peculiar relation to the whole clan. In the first place, the totem is the common ancestor of the clan; at the same time it is their guardian spirit and helper, which sends them oracles and, if dangerous to others, recognizes and spares its own children.” IfsFirstsChildrenWholeSpiritWaterNaturalAnimalCommonDangerousRainRelationPlantPhenomenonPeculiarAncestorSparesGuardianClansHelpersOraclesTotemsNatural Phenomena Book:Totem and Taboo Source: Totem and Taboo
“The most ancient and important taboo prohibitions are the two basic laws of totemism: not to kill the totem animal and to avoid sexual intercourse with members of the totem clan of the opposite sex.” TwoImportantLawSexAnimalMembersOppositesAncientTabooIntercourseProhibitionClansTotems Book:Totem and Taboo Source: Totem and Taboo