"It is interesting that amongst children of preschool age, the more intelligent ones tend to sleep less than the dull ones. After the age of seven this relationship is reversed, the more intelligent schoolchildren sleeping more than the dull ones."

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Source : Desmond Morris (1986). “The illustrated naked ape: a zoologist's study of the human animal”, Crown Pub

Desmond Morris

#Children Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Intelligent Quotes

“With which stars do they go on speaking,the rivers that never reach the sea?”
“The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace.”
“The notion that somehow or another they'll (Iran) put it in a picnic basket and hand it to some terrorist group is merely an argument that may be convincing to some people who don't know anything about nuclear weapons. I don't find that argument very credible, I'm not sure that people who make it even believe in it. But it's a good argument to make if you have no other argument to make. The fact of the matter is, Iran has been around for 3000 years, and that is not a symptom of a suicidal instinct.”
“No true manhood can be trained by a merely intellectual process. You cannot train men by the intellect alone; you must train them by the heart.”

Source : Joseph Parker (1873). “Detached links, extracts from the writings and discourses of J. Parker, compiled by J. Lucas”, p.82
“I know you have bad news,â€ I say softly. â€œIâ€™m ready for it.â€ But thatâ€™s not true. One is never ready. You just lie and say you are and hope you can take the hit on the chin without going down.”
“The universe is a single life comprising one substance and one soul.”
“A womanâ€™s heart is not bought by the currency of a manâ€™s emotion for her. A womanâ€™s heart is won over by her own feelings for herself when he just happens to be around.”
“Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others.”

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