Famous quotes containing the words single and/or species:
“The wood for a temple does not come from a single tree.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Not only does every animal live at the expense of some other animal or plant, but the very plants are at war.... The individuals of a species are like the crew of a foundered ship, and none but good swimmers have a chance of reaching the land.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)