Kristy Hamilton > Quotes

“If you’ve managed to keep a creature in your fridge for longer than most Americans remain married, you probably know a thing or two about it. Tardigrades are found on every continent and at nearly all elevations: in deep-sea trenches, burbling hot springs, forest canopies, and desert dunes.”
― Kristy Hamilton, Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation

“Although many of us may not leave riches to our families, we can bequeath them a legacy more precious than gold, more delicate than glass, and more monumental than fame: a world preserved in the amber of our protection.”
― Kristy Hamilton, Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation

“Biomimicry is not meant to be taken as an end-all, be-all; it serves as inspiration within a set of limitations. Evolution does not have an inventive mind like engineers, and animals have biological constraints such as the need to eat, reproduce, and defecate—necessities our products and machines can go without. However, biological designs can provide fresh solutions to old paradigms.”
― Kristy Hamilton, Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation

“The romance of a message in a bottle floating to new lands is not an ode to love but a stark reminder that borders are invisible lines drawn by humans and nature does not abide by them.”
― Kristy Hamilton, Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World Is Inspiring Scientific Innovation

“The story begins with a big bang. Not the Big Bang, mind you, but the bang of a fist hitting a table in frustration.”
― Kristy Hamilton, Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation