Richard Conniff quotes
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“Large swaths of what we now regard as basic medical knowledge came originally from naturalists.”
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“The natural world is full of females falling hard for stupid male display behavior, including bright feathers, big antlers, and bombastic courtship rituals.”
-- Richard ConniffSource : Richard Conniff (2003). “The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide”, p.151, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Among environmentalists sharing two or three beers, the notion is quite common that if only some calamity could wipe out the entire human race, other species might once again have a chance.”
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“As an editor, I must often tell writers that their stories "do not fit our present needs." But there are times when I want to reply: "Sir, I would not trust you to write a ransom note."”
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“The Egyptians had the locusts and in the Middle Ages there was the Black Death with the rats, but tourists are the plague of our century and we'll not survive this one.”
-- Richard Conniff
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Source : Address to the Geological Society, delivered on the Evening of the 18th of February 1831, Proceedings of the Geological Society, 1, 307, 1834.
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Source : William Wordsworth, Adam Sedgwick (1842). “A complete guide to the Lakes, comprising minute directions for the tourist, with mr. Wordsworth's Description of the scenery of the country, &c. and Three letters upon the geology of the Lake district, by prof. Sedgwick”
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“I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn't one of them.”
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“An untreatable diagnosis is a statement about the medical system, not the patient.”
Source : Barbara Ann Brennan (2011). “Light Emerging: The Journey of Personal Healing”, p.97, Bantam
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“I'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead.”
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“I like to think of myself as a naturalist - insofar as that term is at all clear.”
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