“The romantic contrast between modern industry that “destroys nature” and our ancestors who “lived in harmony with nature” is groundless. Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions. We have the dubious distinction of being the deadliest species in the annals of life.”
― From Animals into Gods: A Brief History of Humankind
― From Animals into Gods: A Brief History of Humankind
“We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
“Most times, it's just a lot easier not to let the world know what's wrong.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
“Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect: like a man, who hath thought of a good repartee when the discourse is changed, or the company parted; or like a physician, who hath found out an infallible medicine, after the patient is dead.”
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