Desmond Morris quotes Born: 01/24/1928 Country: united_kingdom

• 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. (Desmond Morris) [question/question]
• The city is not a concrete jungle. It is a human zoo. (Desmond Morris) [human]
• 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 Morris) [chance/start/consolation/willpower]
• Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs. (Desmond Morris)
• Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female. (Desmond Morris)
• Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo. (Desmond Morris)
• I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape. (Desmond Morris)
• Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death. (Desmond Morris)
• No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them. (Desmond Morris)
• The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo. (Desmond Morris)
• 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. (Desmond Morris)

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