Survival Quotes

"We control the world basically because we can cooperate better than any other animal" "There are some situations from which one can only escape by acting like a devil or a lunatic" "Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster and not many people can keep their balance on it " "In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness." "I ain't a killer but don't push me" "The plague spread like a wave that would have submerged the dikes, the dams, all the obstacles that men had planted on its path; and maybe at this point it is more important to survive than to conquer" "The history of every major galactic civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of survival, inquiry, and sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases." "It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value." "In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival." "We need fantasy to survive because reality is too difficult" "Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim." "Nature designed us to need nourishing relationships to survive" "The urge to ascend in control, the drive to survive, is rooted deep in our evolutionary past." "There are old sellswords and bold sellswords, but no old bold sellswords." "There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes."