English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Jared Diamond Quotes

We can't manipulate some stars while maintaining other stars as controls; we can't start and stop ice ages, and we can't experiment with designing and evolving dinosaurs.

Jared Diamond

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Ethel said: "Lloyd, there's someone here you may remember-" Daisy could not restrain herself. She ran to Lloyd and threw herself into his arms. She hugged him. She looked into his green eyes, then kissed his brown cheeks and his broken nose and then his mouth. "I love you, Lloyd," she sad madly. "I love you, I love you, I love you."I love you, too, Daisy," he said. Behind her, Daisy heard Ethel's wry voice. "You do remember, I see. Ken Follet
Paulo Coelho quote: "I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure"
I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure Paulo Coelho
So, for me, I make no difference whether I'm training with my shuttle crew or the Expedition crew. Of course, I think I want to take more care of the Expedition crew, because they're going to stay there for a long time. Philippe Perrin
One of these poems I wrote after having been here only a month. The other, I wrote this morning. In the space between the two poems, I have found acres of grace Elizabeth Gilbert
...as the witnesses to your life diminish, there is less corroboration, and therefore less certainty, as to what you are or have been. Julian Barnes
Hugh Hefner quote: "I always say now that I'm in my blonde years. Because since..."
I always say now that I'm in my blonde years. Because since the end of my marriage, all of my girlfriends have been blonde. Hugh Hefner
I must thank you,' said Sherlock Holmes, 'for calling my attention to a case which certainly presents some features of interest. I had observed some newspaper comment at the time, but I was exceedingly preoccupied by that little affair of the Vatican cameos, and in my anxiety to oblige the Pope I lost touch with several interesting English cases. Arthur Conan Doyle
Halle Berry quote: "The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date."
The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date. Halle Berry
When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not. Georgia O'Keeffe
J. K. Rowling quote: "McLaggen makes Grawp look like a gentleman."
McLaggen makes Grawp look like a gentleman. J. K. Rowling
Henry David Thoreau quote: "if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good..."
if i repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. what demon possessed me that i behaved so well? Henry David Thoreau
While it is positive for young black males and females to learn discipline and self-responsibility, those attitudes, values, and habits of being can be taught with pedagogical strategies that are liberatory, that do not rely on coercive control and punishment to reinforce positive behavior. Bell Hooks
Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right. They want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan. Barack Obama
Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much. Vladimir Nabokov
Whoopi Goldberg quote: "That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care..."
That's the thing about Mother Nature, she really doesn't care what economic bracket you're in. Whoopi Goldberg