Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
3210
AUTHOR:
Linus C Pauling, 1954 and 1962 Nobel laureate
QUOTATION:
I like people. I like animals, too—whales and quail, dinosaurs and dodos. But I like human beings especially, and I am unhappy that the pool of human germ plasm, which determines the nature of the human race, is deteriorating.
ATTRIBUTION:
From 1959 paper on the effect of radioactive fallout on heredity, recalled on winning 1962 Nobel Peace Prize, NY Times 13 Oct 62
