# Quote — Daniel Quinn, My Ishmael

> They’re sure that there must be all sorts of things wrong with ever tribal way of life, and of course they’re correct—if you mean by “wrong” something you don’t like.

- Author: [Daniel Quinn](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn.md)
- Book: [My Ishmael](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn/my-ishmael.md)
- Page: 95
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Daniel_Quinn#My_Ishmael_(1997)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn/my-ishmael/theyre-sure-that

## More from this book

> People seldom look very hard for things they don’t want to find.

p. 63 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn/my-ishmael/people-seldom-look.md)

> By the simple act of being locked up, food was transformed into a product—the fundamental product of your economy.

p. 174 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn/my-ishmael/by-the-simple.md)

> Those who wish to imagine that God called every species to life in a final, changeless form are welcome to do so, but I’m incapable of embracing such a primitive scenario.

p. 68 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/daniel-quinn/my-ishmael/those-who-wish.md)