The real people who hold our civilization together are the maintenance people. If it weren't for them - pumping water out of subways, painting bridge…

- Alan Weisman

The fact that the infrastructure is falling apart is not necessarily because it's built poorly. The New York City subways were built in 1903. The fac…

- Alan Weisman

All of us humans have myriad other species to thank. Without them, we couldn't exist. It's that simple, and we can't afford to ignore them, anymore t…

- Alan Weisman

Nobility is expensive, nonproductive, and parasitic, siphoning away too much of society’s energy to satisfy its frivolous cravings.

- Alan Weisman

The worst happens, and life still goes on.

- Alan Weisman

In a future that portends stronger and more-frequent hurricanes striking North America's Atlantic coast, ferocious winds will pummel tall, unsteady s…

- Alan Weisman

Change is the hallmark of nature. Nothing remains the same.

- Alan Weisman

But the Earth holds ghosts, even of entire nations.

- Alan Weisman

in the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - our houses.

- Alan Weisman