Quotes from Desmond Morris


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Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.


Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.


Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.


I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.


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.


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.


Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death.