Quotes about Survival
The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear that on growing up it would devour the other little ones.
— Victor Hugo
Our society is obsessed with personal rights, but it will survive only if we adopt personal obligations.
— Dennis Prager
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
— Wendell Berry
Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.
— Alexander Hamilton
Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cold and hunger seem more friendly to my nature than those methods which men have adopted and advise to ward them off.
— Henry David Thoreau
Nature abhors annihilation.
— Cicero
Your planet's immune system is trying to get rid of you.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
I figure when my husband comes home from work, if the kids are still alive, then I've done my job.
— Roseanne Barr
Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there's peace. Well, I ain't for that peace at all.
— Abbie Hoffman
Science was born as a result and consequence of philosophy; it cannot survive without a philosophical base. If philosophy perishes, science will be next to go.
— Ayn Rand