Quotations by Desmond Morris

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Born: Tuesday, January 24, 1928
Profession: Scientist
Nationality: English

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.
- Desmond Morris
(Keywords: Artists, Cats, Dogs, Soldiers)

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
(Keywords: Jungle)

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

Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death.
- Desmond Morris
(Keywords: Death, Life, Visit)

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
(Keywords: Trust, Mother, Old)

The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
- Desmond Morris
(Keywords: 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
(Keywords: Time, Successful, Motives)