#species

How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree. ↗

— Maimonides

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Aquatic invasive species are destroying the environment, damaging fisheries, and costing American taxpayers billions of dollars annually. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#american taxpayers #annually #billions #costing #damaging

That the variability of an organism to a certain extent is a constant and certain condition of life we admit, otherwise there would be no distinguishable individuals of a species. ↗

— Richard Owen

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It has adopted the geometry most advantageous to the species or, in other words, the most convenient. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#forest #genealogical #particular #soul #species

It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species. ↗

— David Attenborough

#exterminate #moral #question #right #species

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#body #built #design #extinct #given

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy. ↗

— Louis Kronenberger

#being #considered #englishman #gentleman #good

Only after you've done the exorcism, then you'll understand that ghost's also a species. ↗

— Toba Beta

#ghost #life #secret #species #truth

U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. ↗

— Bono

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