"Most exotic animals are not particularly interested in people, which makes it hard to provoke them. Human-rearing gets them used to and sometimes imprinted on humans, which makes them potentially dangerous."

--

Frans de Waal

#Animal Quotes #People Quotes #Exotic Quotes

“Patriotism, or the peculiar relation of an individual to his country, is like the family instinct. In the child it is a blind devotion; in the man in intelligent love. The patriot perceives the claim made upon his country by the circumstances and time of her growth and power, and how God is to be served by using those opportunities of helping mankind. Therefore his country's honor is dear to him as his own, and he would as soon lie and steal himself as assist or excuse his country in a crime.”
“We simply must get it through our heads that holding a low opinion of ourselves is not a virtue, but a vice.”

Source : Maxwell Maltz (2016). “Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life”, p.86, Penguin
“There was a desire to see me being nasty and horrible, and of course that's not really me”
“Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo.”
“I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.”
“All media owners want to attract advertising revenue. Google is no different.”
“Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.”

Source : Berthold Auerbach (1874). “On the heights: a novel”, p.436
“Every fear is fear of death.”

Source : Wilhelm Stekel (1999). “Conditions of Nervous Anxiety and Their Treatment”, p.377, Psychology Press

You may also like:

Desmond Morris
Zoologist
Gregory Berns
Neuroscientist
Jane Goodall
Primatologist
Jared Diamond
Scientist
Konrad Lorenz
Zoologist
Marc Bekoff
Professor
Patricia Churchland
Philosopher
Richard Dawkins
Ethologist
Steven Pinker
Psychologist