We are, to put it mildly, in a mess, and there is a strong chance that we shall have exterminated ourselves by the end of the century. Our only consolation will have to be that, as a species, we have had an exciting term of office.
"Desmond John Morris" is an English zoology/zoologist, ethology/ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous scientists! More Desmond Morris on Wikipedia.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.
I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.
Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
No matter how old we become, we can still call them "Holy Mother" and "Father" and put a child-like trust in them.
There are 193 species of monkeys and apes, 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a naked ape self-named Homo sapiens.
We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.
Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death.
It has been shown off, concealed, styled, cut, trimmed, extended, straightened, waved, put up, let down, colored and decorated in a thousand ways.
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