Sapiens Quotes

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable. - Henri Bergson

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. - Joyce Carol Oates

Four years ago, we took down the book called Homo sapiens... Today, we take down the book next to it on the shelf. - Francis Collins

But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species are, to one degree or another. - Jock Sturges

Alone among all creatures, the species that styles itself wise, Homo sapiens, has an abiding interest in its distant origins, knows that its allotted time is short, worries about the future and wonders about the past. - John Noble Wilford

€¦ What is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much greater than the differences. - Estelle Ramey