This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones.
More quotes from Desmond Morris
Biologically speaking, if something bites you it’s more likely to be female.
I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.
Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death.
No matter how old we become, we can still call them ‘Holy Mother’ and ‘Father’ and put a child-like trust in them.
The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.
Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones.