"It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as the fixed point, and to consider their structure and organization as specially adapted to be in accordance with them."

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Source : Alfred Russel Wallace (1869). “The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise”, p.267, London, Macmillan

Alfred Russel Wallace

#Animal Quotes #Organization Quotes #Habit Quotes

“He lives well who lives retired, and keeps His wants within the limits of his means.”
“Skill alone cannot teach or produce a great short story, which condenses the obsession of the creature; it is a hallucinatory presence manifest from the first sentence to fascinate the reader, to make him lose contact with the dull reality that surrounds him, submerging him in another that is more intense and compelling.”
“God blessed me by putting me here for thirty-one years at Michigan and Trumbull.”
“A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.”
“Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business in discussion.”
“I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoanalyst.”
“Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.”

Source : See Thomas Carlyle 19; Edison 2; Jane Ellice Hopkins 1
“In the end all books are written for your friends.”

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