"Most animals are like the unfortunate Gregor Samsa after metamorphosis. They are Kafka-creatures, organisms with rich thoughts and emotions but no system for translating what they think into something that they can express to others."

-- Marc Hauser

#Animal Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Emotion Quotes

“For to be discontented with the divine discontent, and to be ashamed with the noble shame, is the very germ and first upgrowth of all virtue.”
“The important thing is not the planning of an Index Verborum Prohibitorum of current noble nouns, but rather the examination of their linguistic function.”
“I'm always looking for a girlfriend.”
“When I was 7, I wanted to be a jockey. My father told me women weren't allowed. I couldn't believe it. I was perfectly willing to fail on my own merits, but to be flunked at birth?”
“Get to know me and see who I am.”
“Art is not nature... There was a lot more to be got out of color.”
“While she was working on Maturity, ... M. Rodin is well aware that people have imagined that he did my sculpture why then do all one can to give credence to these lies.”
“Work on with the intrepidity of a lion but at the same time with the tenderness of a flower.”

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