Quotes About Survival

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.

Emek ucuz,ekmek ise pahal?yd?. [?nsan ne ile ya?ar?]

The Mittelbunders attacked Brussels, taking advantage of the fact that the cold weather meant that many of Boulanger's steam engines were failing to perform well. Boulanger was not a fool and tried to convert his artillery back over to conventional horsepower, but was hampered by the fact that his men had already eaten most of Brussels' horses – and were making a good start on the cats and dogs, too.

I think quite often a fate worse than death is life - for lots of people.

Of course, for a lot of people, death was a welcome change. Grinding poverty takes the edge off most things, including life.

Given a long enough life, cancer will eventually kill you—unless you die first of something else.

came of age in the Great Depression, when economic despair hovered over

I don't see how anybody could have a passion for nature without having an equally developed tolerance for the cold.

we change the course of our actions according to what we learn is good for our survival. If

Harlow went so far as to suggest that perhaps the main function of nursing was to ensure frequent physical contact between baby and mother, since the loving bond seemed so vital for survival. After all, he noted, long after the actual sustenance stops, it is the bond that remains.

We are actually programmed to get satisfaction and pleasure from discovery and creativity, he says, because its results lead to our survival as a species. New

Surviving is much more painful than death.

If you're in the middle of the ocean with no flippers and no life preserver and you hear a helicopter, this is music. You have to adjust to your needs at the moment.

If we keep on destroying fish, there won't be any left. If the oceans die, we all die. It's as simple as that.

In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944.

I'm not at all interested in the brave who fight against the odds and win. I am interested in those who accept their lot, as that is what many people in the world are doing. They do their best in ghastly conditions.

I think the 'New York Times' would rather be offended than dead.

If your best offensive players go down, all you can do is hang on.

If nature offers no home, then we must make a home one way or another. The only question is how.

I realized not long ago that by the time I leave this Earth, no matter when it is I will have officially only spent approximately 14 years of my life where I did not have to deal with cancer.

If you're in a car crash, you're mostly involved in trying to not go off the bridge, and later on you say, 'Oh my God!'

I grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary.

Even if the economy crashes, we will still burn oil.

I'm from the hood. You put me in a rough neighborhood and believe me, I'm OK.