Nature of man Quote by Daniel Quinn

We remain of the view that in many areas of research we are still reliant on primates to achieve our goals for improving human…

— Colin Blakemore

“So, don’t believe anyone who says that since nature is based on a struggle for life, we need to live like this as well.…

— Frans de Waal

The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.

— H. Allen Smith

We are by far the most contradictory of all primates. An animal with this much internal conflict has never lived on this earth.

— Frans de Waal

“I think hunting used to be important for human survival. Thats no longer the case, but they can't stop. A human being, perhaps, is…

— Yōko Tawada

“They were two human primates carrying another primate. One was the master of the earth, or at least believed himself to be, and the…

— Richard Preston

Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one.

— Christopher Hitchens

Animals behave in set patterns, which is why we are able to hunt and kill them. Only man has the capacity to consciously alter…

— Robert Greene

“Animals are by nature while Humans are by thought”

— Waqas Haider

“We humans have a dual nature—we are selfish primates who long to be a part of something larger and nobler than ourselves.”

— Jonathan Haidt

“Most people today think they belong to a species that can be master of its destiny. This is faith, not science. We do not…

— John Gray

“Everything is improved by the judicious application of primates.”

— Chris Roberson