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“If you based your knowledge of the human species exclusively on adverts, you'd think that the normal condition of humanity was to be a good-looking single person between 20 and 35, with excellent muscle-definition and/or an excellent figure, and a large disposable income.”

Ifs Thinking Humans Persons Humanity Conditions Figures Normal Species Definitions Income Excellent Muscles Looking Good Single Person Human Species Disposable Adverts

Author:Francis Spufford

“I absolutely don't think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the human species.”

Thinking Humans War Species Artificial Intelligence Artificial Human Species

Author:Daniel H. Wilson

“Nin knew how much humans loved money, riches, and material things-though he never really could understand why. The more technologically advanced the human species got, the more isolated they seemed to become, at the same time. It was alarming, how humans could spend entire lifetimes engaged in all kinds of activities, without getting any closer to knowing who they really were, inside.”

Humans Kind Money Knowing Materials Activity Lifetime Species Riches All Kinds Engaged Isolated Material Things Human Species

Book:The Other Side of Life (Book #1, Cyberpunk Elven Trilogy)

Source: The Other Side of Life (Book #1, Cyberpunk Elven Trilogy)

“The human species is often amazingly inventive and industrious but at the same time profoundly lazy. It's very clear that we humans don't like to work. This aversion to work is so extreme - and our ingenuity so acute - that we're eager to devote countless hours designing and building devices that might shave a few minutes off our workday”

Humans Might Hours Clear Minutes Design Building Species Extremes Lazy Devices Ingenuity Aversion Human Species Industrious

Book:Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Source: Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

“Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.”

People Humans Common Race Study Conflict Concepts Species Tendencies Descent Family History Biologist Human Species

Author:J. Philippe Rushton

“Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over the strong. The self-hatred inherent in the weak unlocks energies far more formidable then those mobilized by an ordinary struggle for existence.”

Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer

“Darwin's dice have rolled badly for Earth. The human species is, in a word, an environmental abnormality. Perhaps a law of evolution is that intelligence usually extinguishes itself.”

Humans Earth Law Evolution Species Environmental Abnormal Dice Human Species Abnormality

Author:E. O. Wilson

“Diminish the mass of evils that afflict the human species, increase enjoyment and well-being. And even if the new routes opened up could prolong the average life of mankind by only a few hours, or even a few days, then the scientist, too could aspire.”

Ifs Humans Wells Evil Hours Mankind Mass Scientist Increase Species Average Well Being Enjoyment Aspire Routes Affliction Diminish Human Species Average Life

Author:Antoine Lavoisier

“You should know as much as you can about the human species if you have a hand in designing human society.”

Ifs Knows Should Humans Hands Design Species Human Society Human Species

Author:Frans de Waal

“In my work I try to reach and speak to that innocence, showing it the fun and joy of living; showing it that laughter is healthy; showing it that the human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars.”

Trying Humans Children Stills Sometimes Joy Speak Fun Stars Healthy Laughter Species Ridiculous Innocence Reaching Human Species Joy Of Living Reaching For The Stars Disney Animation

Author:Walt Disney

“The human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars.”

Humans Stills Stars Species Ridiculous Reaching Human Species Reaching For The Stars Disney Animation

Author:Walt Disney

“For the first time in history, the human species as a whole has gone into politics. Everyone is in the act, and there is no telling what may come of it.”

Firsts Humans May Whole Gone First Time Species Human Species

Book:To Jerusalem and Back

Source: To Jerusalem and Back

“Aristocracy has a tendency to degenerate the human species.”

Humans Species Tendencies Aristocracy Degenerates Human Species

Book:Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine

Source: Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine

“I hope we have learned throughout centuries of revolution and reaction that it's really a shift in consciousness that we need. And I think there is a shift in consciousness among our human species. I think the human species is evolving, spiritually.”

Thinking Needs Humans Consciousness Century Revolution Species Reactions Evolve Human Species

Author:Elizabeth Lesser