“If man survives for as long as the least successful of the dinosaurs-those creatures whom we often deride as nature's failures-then we may be certain of this: for all but a vanishingly brief instant near the dawn of history, the word 'ship' will mean- 'spaceship.'” IfsMenMayMeanLongCertainSuccessfulWalkingMoonCreaturesShipsDawnInstantDinosaursStar GazingSpaceships Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“If humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of life in the universe. Not because we lacked the brain power to protect ourselves but because we lacked the foresight. The dominant species that replaces us in post-apocalyptic Earth just might wonder, as they gaze upon our mounted skeletons in their natural history museums, why large headed Homo sapiens fared no better than the proverbially peabrained dinosaurs.” IfsHumansMightWould BeEarthUniverseNaturalBrainWonderGreaterWalkingOne DayMoonProtectTragedySpeciesPostsMuseumsDominantDinosaursHomo SapiensForesightSkeletonsStar GazingApocalypticCollisionNatural HistoryPost ApocalypticBrain PowerHistory Of Life Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I also discovered the only complete Brontosaurus skull.” DiscoverySkullsDinosaursCompletenessPaleontology Author:Robert T. Bakker
“In 1941 Richard Owen said that the dinosaurs were almost hot blooded.” SaidHotDinosaurs Author:Robert T. Bakker
“To me it seems that the warm blooded dinosaurs replaced advanced mammal ancestors that were warm blooded, also.” SeemsWarmAncestorReplacedDinosaursMammals Author:Robert T. Bakker
“We need the stars... We need purpose! We need the image the Destiny to take root among the stars gives us of ourselves as a purposeful, growing species. We need to become the adult species that the Destiny can help us become! If we're to be anything other than smooth dinosaurs who evolve, specialize and die, we need the stars.... When we have no difficult, long-term purpose to strive toward, we fight each other. We destroy ourselves. We have these chaotic, apocalyptic periods of murderous craziness.” IfsNeedsGivingLongHelpingPurposeDiesFightingStarsDifficultTermSpaceDestinyGrowingPeriodsAdultsRootsSpeciesStriveEvolveLong TermSmoothChaoticDinosaursCrazinessApocalyptic Author:Octavia Butler