# Quote — Daniel Quinn, Ishmael

> Of course it’s not enough. But if you begin anywhere else, there’s no hope at all.

- Author: [Daniel Quinn](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn.md)
- Book: [Ishmael](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn/ishmael.md)
- Page: 248
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Daniel_Quinn#Ishmael_(1992)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn/ishmael/of-course-its

## More from this book

> If the will is there, the method will be found.

p. 140 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn/ishmael/if-the-will.md)

> “One thing I know people will say to me is ‘Are you suggesting we go back to being hunter-gatherers?’”
>
> “That of course is an inane idea,” Ishmael said. “The Leaver life-style isn’t about hunting and gathering, it’s about letting the rest of the community live—and agriculturalists can do that as well as hunter-gatherers.”

p. 250 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn/ishmael/one-thing-i-know.md)

> Mankind was not needed to bring order to the world.

p. 146 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn/ishmael/mankind-was-not.md)