"We may prefer to think of ourselves as fallen angels, but in reality we are rising apes."

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Source : Desmond Morris (1994). “The human animal: a personal view of the human species”, Crown Pub

Desmond Morris

#Angel Quotes #Reality Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.”
“The greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been.”
“I'm a total bottoms-up kind of person. I like things to bubble up.”
“Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.”
“How awful is that hour when con, science stings.”

Source : James Gates Percival (1823). “Poems”, p.72
“Ask yourself this question, will this matter a year from now?”

Source : Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company
“Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing.”
“Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on earth has a worse time than an Emperor penguin.”

Source : Apsley Cherry-Garrard (2016). “The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913”, p.5, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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