Desmond Morris Quotes


"The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo."
- Desmond Morris
(Related: Jungle)

"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
(Related: Time, Successful, Motives)

"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
(Related: Trust, Mother, Old)

"Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo."
- Desmond Morris
(Related: Jungle)

"I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape."
- Desmond Morris
(Related: Man)

"Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female."
- Desmond Morris
"Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs."
- Desmond Morris
(Related: Artists, Cats, Dogs, Soldiers)