“mercy, I think, doesn't the human race know anything about mercy?”
Charles Bukowski book Love Is a Dog from Hell
Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell
“The human race knows enough about thinking to prevent it.”
The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)
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Gerald Durrell (1925–1995) naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter
As quoted in Durrell: The Authorised Biography (1999) http://books.google.com/books?id=iyRFAAAAYAAJ&q=&quot;Look+at+it+this+way+Anyone+who+has+got+any+pleasure+at+all+from+living+should+try+to+put+something+back+life+is+like+a+superlative+meal+and+the+world+is+the+maitre+d'hotel+What+I+am+doing+is+the+equivalent+of+leaving+a+reasonable+tip&quot;Gerald by Douglas Botting <br class="br">Context: A sparrow can be as interesting as a bird of paradise, the behaviour of a mouse as interesting as that of a tiger. Our planet is beautifully intricate, brimming over with enigmas to be solved and riddles to be unravelled. <br>Many people think that conservation is just about saving fluffy animals – what they don’t realise is that we’re trying to prevent the human race from committing suicide … We have declared war on the biological world, the world that supports us … At the moment the human race is in the position of a man sawing off the tree branch he is sitting on.<br>Look at it this way. Anyone who has got any pleasure at all from living should try to put something back. Life is like a superlative meal and the world is the maître d'hôtel. What I am doing is the equivalent of leaving a reasonable tip. … I'm glad to be giving something back because I've been so extraordinarily lucky and had such great pleasure from it.
“The only way to prevent prostitution altogether would be to imprison one half of the human race.”
Isabel Paterson (1886–1961) author and editor
Source: The God of the Machine (1943), p. 93
L. Neil Smith (1946) American writer
"How Many Americans Does It Take to Change a Dim Bulb?" Presented to the Second Annual Freedom Summit, Phoenix, Arizona, 12 & 13 October 2002 http://www.lneilsmith.org/freedomsummit2.html.
Xi Jinping (1953) General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and paramount leader of China
Statement during his visit to Mexico (11 February 2009) as quoted in "China's Xi named to oversee military, a step closer to presidency" http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/73173/20101019/china-xi-presidency.htm in International Business TImes (18 October 2010) <br class="br">2000s
“The human race believes in not taking its problems seriously enough to solve them.”
Celia Green (1935) British philosopher
The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)
“If you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them.”
Christopher Moore book Practical Demonkeeping
Source: Practical Demonkeeping
Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) artist, author, esotericist
Maitreya's Teachings - The Laws of Life (2005)