Talk:Jonas Salk

Anyone know anything about this quote (source etc.)?

• If all the insects were to disappear from the Earth, within fifty years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within fifty years all forms of life would flourish.

i heard it today on a video at TED.com - a video of Sir Ken Robinson on education system. he mentioned the source as Jonas Salk. when i checked on the net, i found 3-4 references which confirmed this. however, what i didnot find was, when and where Salk said this.(biren shah)

Unsourced

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• We need a large overarching perspective.
  • Personal conversation with Dionysios (this alone does not qualify as a sourced comment by Wikimedia and Wikiquote standards)

• Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do or what not to do.