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For every language that becomes extinct, an image of man disappears. — Octavio Paz

Is this how it is for a species that senses it is going extinct? Is there a feeling of loneliness, or unease, each morning, upon awakening? — Rick Bass

Species that struggle to adapt to survive will become extinct — Charles Darwin

When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist - after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct. — George Orwell

I feel pretty sure I know why the dinosaurs went extinct. They were waiting for Sam to pick out a cell phone case. — P. Anastasia

The very fact that the jaguar can become extinct while the Pekingese survives indicates to me that someone hasn't thought this thing through. — A. Whitney Brown

For a taste that's a bit more distinct, eat a bird before it's extinct. — Jasper Fforde

There's money to be made by driving a species extinct. — Paul Watson

Every day on this planet some species that doesn't draw the attention of humans goes extinct. — Liu Cixin

The bikku should not rest content until mental intoxicants are fully extinct. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The National Park Service actually has something of a tradition of making things extinct. — Bill Bryson

Dinosaurs may be extinct from the face of the planet, but they are alive and well in our imaginations. — Steve Miller

That was all I wanted! whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct. — Louisa May Alcott

Alas for a love whose fire is extinct,
A love that was born in the Holy Place and died in the house of idols! — Muhammad Iqbal

Most of the languages that now exist are almost certain to become extinct within this century. — John McWhorter

Malcolm said, You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct. Don't you have that feeling now? — Michael Crichton

The human race could go extinct and I for one would not shed any tears. — David Foreman

The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are. — Mary J. Blige

Buddhism: a violent religion that has compensated for the exploding human population by causing whole species of animal vessels to go extinct. — Bauvard

Simon grinned. "You've never heard of Dungeons and Dragons?"
"I've heard of dungeons," Jace said. "Also dragons. Although they're mostly extinct. — Cassandra Clare

But soon, I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. — Mary Shelley

Over 99 percent of all species that ever lived are now extinct. — Neil Shubin

The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for. — Will Cuppy

There is no good scientific reason to bring back an extinct species. Why would one bring them back? To put them in a theme park? — Hendrik Poinar

Some of you with the way you running right now, the way you working, you will be extinct. — Eric Thomas

Because of the varroa mite, wild honey bees are now, for all practical purposes, extinct in the United States. — Hannah Nordhaus

You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct. — W. Somerset Maugham

The sounds of extinct birds may be preserved in the songs of mockingbirds — Jerry Spinelli

There's so much to say, the human race will be extinct long before everything which could be said has been said. — Steve Fowler

The advent of ebooks is no more going to kill the pleasure of reading than the introduction of the internal combustion engine made horses extinct. — Michael A. Stackpole

Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct ... — Joel Achenbach

The eyes of that species of extinct giant, whose bones fill the mounds of America, have gazed on Niagara as our eyes do now. — Abraham Lincoln

The likes of Frank Lampard and John Terry at Chelsea, English players with proper status at a club, they're going to be like the dodo bird. Extinct. — Vinnie Jones

I would choose no other band, given the opportunity, except for one that's extinct, like Devo. Sorry to my bandmates, but I'd rather be in Devo. — Nate Mendel

If there did not exist some one who loved, the sun would become extinct. — Victor Hugo

The only thing we can't buy more of is time." she said.
"And dodo birds. We can't buy any more of them. they're extinct. And dinosaurs. — Dean Koontz

The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us. — Karl Popper

She fell in love with an extinct volcano. — Anais Nin

All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct. — Carl Sagan

Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct. — Paula Abdul

Without the dreamers who write science fiction and other imaginary material we'd still be sitting in caves ... if we weren't already extinct. — William C. Samples

You know, at times like this one feels, well, perhaps extinct animals should be left extinct. — Michael Crichton

Eagles are extinct," grumbled Morpurgo. "Perhaps they should have attacked the sky. It betrayed them. — Dan Simmons

Him I call indeed a Brahmana who is bright like the moon, pure, serene, undisturbed, and in whom all gaiety is extinct. — Various

Let's not be too quick to blame the human race for everything. A great many species of animals became extinct before man ever appeared on earth. — Will Cuppy

The nanny seemed to be extinct until 1975, when, like the coelacanth, she suddenly and unexpectedly reappeared in the shape of Margaret Thatcher. — Simon Hoggart

A sign in the window advertised the
long extinct Miller Genuine Draft. — Tom Merritt

What does it say about our churches today that God birthed the church in a prayer meeting, and prayer meetings today are almost extinct? — Jim Cymbala

My rage is not malicious; like a spark
Of fire by steel inforced out of a flint
It is no sooner kindled, but extinct. — William Goffe

Sara: Tegan just recently discovered that unicorns don't exist.
Tegan: I just thought they were extinct. — Tegan Quin

Ninety-five percent of all the species that have ever existed are now extinct, so don't look so goddamn smug. - GERARD RYDER — Christopher Moore

I happen to be of an almost extinct breed, an old-fashioned gentleman
which means I can be a real revolving son of a bitch when it suits me. — Robert A. Heinlein

If you don't change, you will become extinct. — Spencer Johnson

My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen. — Quvenzhane Wallis

Our government has no interest in nearly extinct languages. They barely have a grasp on the one they use. — Jennifer Foehner Wells

The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels. — Georg Trakl

Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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

We're in 'Jurassic Park' territory. If we go to the zoo in the future, we'll have zoos for extinct animals. — Michio Kaku

If criticism had any power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now. — Fred Allen

But without people, the village dog and pampered pet alike would soon disappear - dogs would become extinct. — Raymond Coppinger

When the old faith is gone, and the enthusiasm for the gospel is extinct, it is no wonder that people seek something else in the way of delight. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The truth is that in my job, becoming old and becoming extinct are one and the same thing. — Cher

Freaks become norms, and norms become extinct. Monster by monster, evolution advanced — Siddhartha Mukherjee

If every parent unwound a kid due to disrespect, the human race would go extinct in a single generation — Neal Shusterman

Hope, that risky, illustrious thing. It should have gone extinct by now, but we keep it alive. — Lauren DeStefano

We were all probably stuck here for the duration, on the third rock from our sun. Boldly going extinct. — Ernest Cline

Christians are a lot like dinosaurs - about to become extinct. — Marilyn Manson

Nearly every species that has ever lived has gone extinct, Laurette. No reason to think we humans will be any different! — Anthony Doerr

I love humility in a woman. It's so rare. With man, of course, it is practically extinct. — Ethel M. Dell

The room was a world, a pocket of the past where extinct animals could walk. — George Orwell

Man, I so sick of dinosaurs. They wasn't extinct, I'd go out an' kill 'em myself. — Lawrence Block

If honey bees become extinct, human society will follow in four years. — Albert Einstein

Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand. — Dr. Seuss

The heavenly light you admire is fossil-light, it's the unfathomably distant past you gaze into, stars long extinct — Joyce Carol Oates

But in District 12, where the word tribute is pretty much synonymous with the word corpse, volunteers are all but extinct. — Suzanne Collins

Some days you exist like the last speaker of an extinct language. These are the silences that litter the heart. — Richard Jackson

People forget the good that zoos do. If it weren't for zoos, we would have so many species that would be extinct today. — Betty White

Later, I learned that our forgetting of the parakeet had begun even before the species was extinct. — Christopher Cokinos

This is about a race of people enslaved and made extinct. — Amy Ewing

Now, scientists could reconstitute many more species by replacing the DNA of closely related creatures with DNA from extinct species. — Anonymous

The rhino is now more or less extinct, and it's not because of global warming or shrinking habitats. It's because of Beyonce's handbags. — Morrissey

If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for. — Tommy Shaw

Remember my mantra: distinct ... or extinct. — Tom Peters

Stereotypes become extinct faster than there appear new impressions concerning our reality, culture and consciousness... — Mykyta Isagulov

I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct. — Vivienne Westwood

God will ignite all that was extinct in your life — Sunday Adelaja

If you do not change, you can become extinct ! — Spencer Johnson

Human race don't go extinct but only if we treat each other as a human regardless of gender, color, class, and ethnicity. — Mohith Agadi

That's crazy-rare."

"And now it's extinct. — Devon Monk

He's a moron being an asshole. You don't shoot people for being assholes, or the human race would be extinct. — L.S. Hawker

Heroes became extinct when saving the world became more important to rescue a damsel in distress. — L.A. Serrot

A language, like a species, when extinct, never ... reappears. — Charles Darwin

Here all suspicion must be abandoned, All cowardice must be extinct. — Dante Alighieri

Species went extinct and new ones evolved from protozoa while he sat in his car in the dark and waited to see how badly he'd fucked this up. — Amy Jo Cousins

The modern world seems invincible. Like the extinct dinosaurs. — Nicolas Gomez Davila

Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes,
with a strong memory or fire and brimstone. — Douglas William Jerrold

Red squirrels ... you don't see many of them since they became extinct. — Michael Aspel

Evolution is scary. However, the thought of going extinct because you refused to change should be more terrifying — Mark Anthony Peterson

It had long been accepted that if a species put mankind on its food-chain menu the species would be extinct before long. — Dan Simmons