Absurd Quote by Charles Darwin

Though our conduct seems so very different from that of the higher animals, the primary instincts are much alike in them and in us.

— Albert Einstein

Only animals have to satisfy instincts! Surely your aims are somewhat higher than theirs! Than monkeys! Pigs!

— Tennessee Williams

“The topic of instincts is tough to dissect. But one can gain an understanding by observing the behaviour of animals.”

— Mitta Xinindlu

There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher mammals in their mental faculties...The difference in mind between man and the higher animals,…

— Charles Darwin

“Many species lack the ability to defy their own animal instincts and allow their intellect to prevail.”

— Ernest Cline

The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human…

— C. S. Lewis

Animals are not below us or second to us, they are equal to us. We both live, die, love and hurt. We are both…

— Sarah Moores

There is no fundamental difference between humans and the higher mammalsin their mental faculties

— Charles Darwin

Mental differences between the lowest men and the animals are less than those between the lowest and the highest man.

— Ernst Haeckel

“Because we tend to equate intelligence with language--particularly the ability to use language to think and communicate abstractions--it is natural to conclude that animals…

— Linda Bender

We consider the animals to be lower, and to me, that makes no sense at all. If you look at a tree or a…

— Jeff Mangum

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