#survival

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#clear #intelligence #long-term #survival #value

I wept like a child. It was not because I was overcome at having survived my ordeal, though I was. Nor was it the presence of my brothers and sisters, though that too was very moving. I was weeping because ....fill in the blank with whatever/whoever helped you survive... had left me so unceremoniously. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life

The one thing I can tell you is that you wont survive for yourself. I know because I would never have come this far. A person who had no one would be well advised to cobble together some passable ghost. Breathe it into being and coax it along with words of love. Offer it each phantom crumb and shield it from harm with your body. As for me my only hope is for eternal nothingness and I hope it with all my heart. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#love

War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly. ↗

— Aminatta Forna

#survival #war #love

As long as it’s an every man for himself kind of world, men will always be for themselves. - Mayor Bentley in 'Tilt ↗

— Ashley Chappell

#survival #men

It's all in the reflexes. ↗

— "Jack Burton" (Kurt Russell)

#prescience #reflexes #survival #survival-instinct #movies

Ah, but when one predator leaves, another inevitably will take its place. A void never remains a void for long. ↗

— A.T. Baron

#survival #wildlife #nature

Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#respect #survival #respect

Between death and hell a bridge shining silver wings offers his soul hope. ↗

— Aberjhani

#angels-and-demons #bridges #death #depression #desperation

He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive. ↗

— Jack London

#survival-of-the-fittest #london