The Quotes canon
Sourced and curated.
Every quote has been curated by hand and carefully authenticated.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Chuck Palahniuk1 quote
We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create. — Chuck Palahniuk · 1999Claude Levi-Strauss1 quote
The world began without the human race and it will end without it... Man has never-save only when he reproduces himself-done other than cheerfully dismantle millions upon millions of structures and reduce their elements to a state in which they can no longer be reintegrated. — Claude Levi-Strauss · 1955Georges Louis Leclerc1 quote
Man alone consumes and engulfs more flesh than all other animals put together. He is, then, the greatest destroyer, and he is so more by abuse than by necessity. — Georges Louis Leclerc · 1753H.G. Wells1 quote
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. — H.G. Wells · 1920Haile Selassie I1 quote
Education is... A two-edged sword that can be used either for the progress of mankind or for its destruction. — Haile Selassie I · 1963The Terminator1 quote
It's in your nature to destroy yourselves. — The Terminator · 1991