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My hope in writing this book has been that enough people will choose to profit from that opportunity to make a difference.

— Jared Diamond Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005)

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History, as well as life itself, is complicated; neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005)

Our sex is ultimately laid down by our genes.

Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality (1997)

Behavior evolves through natural selection, just as anatomy does. Hence if sex is enjoyable, natural selection must have been responsible for that outcome.

Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality (1997)

Remember that impact is the product of two factors: population multiplied times impact per person.

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005)

Put another way, the chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but humans.

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal (1991)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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