Richard Conniff Quotes

• 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

  Black, Age, Tourists

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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.

  Richard Conniff

  Beer, Race, Two

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• Large swaths of what we now regard as basic medical knowledge came originally from naturalists.

  Richard Conniff

  Nature, Medical Knowledge, Naturalist

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• El mundo natural está lleno de hembras que caen rendidas ante el estúpido comportamiento de exhibición de los machos, que incluye plumas brillantes, grandes cornamentas y rimbombantes rituales de cortejo.

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  Sex, Stupid, Fall

  Richard Conniff (2003). “The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide”, p.151, W. W. Norton & Company

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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."

  Richard Conniff

  Writing, Editors, History

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