Animal Quote by Alexander Hamilton

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by…

— Alexander Hamilton

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

— Alexander Hamilton

Men are always murderers, and their calmness and generosity is the calmness of a well-fed animal, that knows itself out of danger.

— Leonid Andreyev

All male animals, including men, when they are in love, are apt to behave in ways that seem ludicrous to bystanders.

— Francis Galton

Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.

— Muhammad Iqbal

To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on…

— Rex Stout

The passions of men are commonly more potent than their reason.

— Thomas Hobbes

If animals had reason, they would act just as ridiculous as we menfolks do.

— Josh Billings

My point of view is that men are basically animals, and I'm okay with that.

— Bryan Callen

Man is not, like the animals, an obsequious puppet of instincts and sensual impulses. Man has the power to suppress instinctive desires, he has…

— Ludwig von Mises

Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and…

— Denis Diderot

Man is distinguished not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion, from all other animals.

— Thomas Hobbes