“Survival is my primary instinct...it's out of my control. It's stronger than me. It's an outside force, a voice that says 'do this for your life or it will devour you.'” ForceVoiceSurvivalStrongerInstinctPrimaries Author:Grace Jones
“I often think about how, if we were all placed in an apocalyptic situation, you'd realize quickly how stupid, petty things just don't matter anymore. Who you love is who you love, and it doesn't matter. Survival is your primary focus.” IfsThinkingMatterRealizingLove IsSituationFocusStupidSurvivalPrimariesPettyApocalyptic Author:Alycia Debnam Carey
“The trouble is, the same thing that enabled us to survive evolution is also going to kill us, because in the final analysis, if survival is the primary motivation of every human being, then we will finally be in a situation where might will make right and only one person will survive.” IfsHumansPersonsMightMotivationHuman BeingsSituationTroubleEvolutionSurvivalFinalsPrimariesAnalysis Author:John Shelby Spong
“I imagine a future where many of us will call ourselves dancers and collaborate to make an art which concerns itself with primary areas of life... for me, peace is a communal work process, a collective vision. The dance itself tries to exemplify a few of these methods in a truly grounded and practical way so that the people can say: yes, there are prospects of survival.” PeopleWayTryingArtProcessVisionImagineSurvivalAreasConcernMethodDancePracticalsPrimariesDancerCollectivesGroundedProspects Author:Anna Halprin
“The primary threat to nature and people today comes from centralising and monopolising power and control. Not until diversity is made the logic of production will there be a chance for sustainability, justice and peace. Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative.” PeopleMadeTodayJusticeChanceDiversitySurvivalLogicThreatProductionsLuxuryPrimariesOur TimeBrotherhoodSustainabilityEcologyConservationImperativesPeace And JusticeCultivatingUnity In DiversityPower And ControlNature ConservationConserving Author:Vandana Shiva
“Man is an animal with primary instincts of survival. Consequently his ingenuity has developed first and his soul afterwards. The progress of science is far ahead of man's ethical behavior.” MenLifeFirstsSoulScienceAnimalProgressBehaviorSurvivalEthicsIntelligentInstinctPrimariesEthicalIngenuityEthical Behavior Author:Charlie Chaplin
“To this day, we see all around us the Promethean drive to omnipotence through technology and to omniscience through science. The effecting of all things possible and the knowledge of all causes are the respective primary imperatives of technology and of science. But the motivating imperative of society continues to be the very different one of its physical and spiritual survival. It is now far less obvious than it was in Francis Bacon's world how to bring the three imperatives into harmony, and how to bring all three together to bear on problems where they superpose.” KnowsWorldDifferentProblemTogetherSpiritualScienceThreeCausesKnowledgeTechnologyBearsSurvivalAll ThingsAccountsHarmonyObviousPrimariesThis DayImperativesOmnipotenceOmniscience Book:The Advancement of Science, and Its Burdens: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays Source: The Advancement of Science, and Its Burdens: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays
“That is the future, and it is probably nearer than we think. But our primary problem as universities is not engineering that future. We must rise above the obsession with quantity of information and speed of transmission, and recognize that the key issue for us is our ability to organize this information once it has been amassed - to assimilate it, find meaning in it, and assure its survival for use by generations to come.” ThinkingHas BeensUseProblemAbilityIssuesGenerationsInformationKeysFutureSurvivalUniversitySpeedObsessionPrimariesQuantityEngineeringOrganizeFind MeRise AboveTransmission Author:Vartan Gregorian
“Learn to raise capital by any means necessary. That's your primary job as an entrepreneur. You must continually raise capital from family and friends, banks, suppliers, customers and investors.” MeanJobsSurvivalRaisesEntrepreneurCustomersPrimariesInvestorsFamily And FriendsSuppliers Author:Richard Branson
“Of the primary emotions, fear is the one that bears most directly on survival. Children show fear. Adults try not to, maybe because it's shameful, or, in some circumstances, dangerous. The fear response is automatic, though, and your body runs through its reflexes whether you want it to or not.” WantTryingChildrenShowsBodyRunningEmotionDangerousBearsCircumstancesSurvivalAdultsResponseYour BodyPrimariesShamefulReflexes Author:Sebastian Junger