Quotes tagged ‘Species’

“What makes humans different from other animals? We're the only species on earth that observes Shark Week. Sharks don't even observe Shark Week, but we do.”

— Dan Harmon, Jeff Winger, Joel Mchale, imdb.com

“Miranda: I'm sorry, if a man is over thirty and single, there's something wrong with him. It's Darwinian. They're being weeded out or propagating the species. Carrie: Okay, well, what about us? Miranda: We're just choosy.”

— Jenny Bicks, Miranda Hobbes, Cynthia Nixon, imdb.com

“Our species can only survive if we have obstacles to overcome. You take away all obstacles. Without them to strengthen us, we will weaken and die.”

— Gene L. Coon, James T. Kirk, William Shatner, imdb.com

“Shrimply Pibbles: I've dwelt among the humans. Their entire culture is built around their penises. It's funny to say they are small. It's funny to say they are big. I've been at parties where humans held bottles, pencils, thermoses in front of themselves and called out, 'Hey, look at me. I'm Mr. So-…”

— Dan Guterman, Ryan Ridley, Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, Jerry Smith (voice), Chris Parnell, imdb.com

“...it is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.”

— Leon C. Megginson, books.google.com.ph

“Our species is the only creative species, and it has only one creative instrument, the individual mind and spirit of man. Nothing was ever created by two men. There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken…”

— John Steinbeck, amazon.com

“You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you’re not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.”

— Carl Sagan, amazon.com