Quotes from The Bone Labyrinth

James Rollins ·  688 pages

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“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. —ALBERT EINSTEIN”
― James Rollins, quote from The Bone Labyrinth


“Research today has become more about seeing if something can be done versus judging if it should. It's knowledge for the sake of knowledge, regardless of the impact on the world.”
― James Rollins, quote from The Bone Labyrinth


“That sentiment had been the driving force behind humanity’s progress across the ages, a simple imperative fueled by our innate curiosity: to discover what was around the next bend, over the next horizon. It was that same inquisitiveness that impelled us to explore who we are, where we came from, and where we are headed next. Gray”
― James Rollins, quote from The Bone Labyrinth


“this sudden appearance of Homo sapiens is attributable to the rapid mutation of only seventeen brain-building genes. A scant few, really.”
― James Rollins, quote from The Bone Labyrinth


“Better to head off into the unknown than stay here, where death was most certain”
― James Rollins, quote from The Bone Labyrinth



“He wrote that it would take only a handful of super-enhanced individuals—those with a superior intelligence—to change the world through their creativity and discoveries, innovations that could be shared globally.”
― James Rollins, quote from The Bone Labyrinth


“Are we at the cusp of a second Great Leap Forward? Or are we doomed to fall backward once again?”
― James Rollins, quote from The Bone Labyrinth


“coming from the far passageway that led to the smaller”
― James Rollins, quote from The Bone Labyrinth


“Just go look.

That sentiment had been the driving force behind humanity's progress across the ages, a simple imperative fueled by our innate curiosity: to discover what was around the next bend, over the next horizon. It was that same inquisitiveness that impelled us to explore who we are, where we came from, and where we are headed next.”
― James Rollins, quote from The Bone Labyrinth


“Two historical figures play prominent roles in this book: a pair of priests who lived centuries apart but who were tied together by fate. During the seventeenth century, Father Athanasius Kircher was known as the Leonardo da Vinci of the Jesuit Order.”
― James Rollins, quote from The Bone Labyrinth



“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― James Rollins, quote from The Bone Labyrinth


About the author

James Rollins
Born place: in Chicago, IL, The United States
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