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Quote by Arnold Toynbee
We have been god-like in the planned breeding of our domesticated

We have been god-like in the planned breeding of our domesticated plants, but rabbit-like in the unplanned breeding of ourselves. – Arnold Toynbee

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America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. – Arnold Toynbee

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We have met the enemy and he is us. – Walt Kelly, Pogo, April 1970

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Civilization… wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere. – Richard Bach

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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. – Elwyn Brooks White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977

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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. – Richard P. Feynman

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