Extinction Quotes

As we continue to rebuild the herds out there and to bring the species back from a point where it was on the brink of extinction 120 years ago, it really requires that it end up on the dinner plate, for the ranchers to have the incentive to bring the animals back. - Dave Carter

And they have their backs against the wall. They may be on the verge of extinction. - Mike Sutton

And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction. - Lester B. Pearson

An intriguing aspect of this study is that the mechanism for ensuring cross-fertilization is very old, often lost, and never regained. That it is still common despite frequent and irreversible loss implies that this trait confers an advantage to species that possess it, perhaps in terms of reduced rates of extinction. - Joshua Kohn

America has faced much more difficult times, including potential national extinction, without flinching. - Nick Clooney

A species on the brink of extinction isn't going to reverse after only 30 years. - Tracy Davids

[The idea of the Y's extinction] was so delicious from the perspective of gender politics, ... But many of my colleagues became confused with this blending of gender politics with scientific predictions. - David Page