Animal Quote by Edward Thorndike

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.

— Herbert Spencer

The civilizing process has increased the distance between behavior and the impulse life of the animal body.

— Shoshana Zuboff

Behavior, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding.

— Ambrose Bierce

Man is the result of slow growth; that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount…

— Alexander Graham Bell

The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these…

— Thomas Malthus

The laws of Coexistence;-the adaptation of structure to function; and to a certain extent the elucidation of natural affinities may be legitimately founded upon…

— Richard Owen

Man is a wanting animal - as soon as one of his needs is satisfied, another appears in its place. This process is unending.…

— Douglas McGregor

“First Law In every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any organ gradually…

— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution,…

— William Bartram

“But as we ascend to animals of high types, having faculties more efficient and more numerous, we begin to find that time and strength…

— Karl Groos

“One of the most remarkable features to be noted as we survey the scale of animal life is that as we go up, individuality…

— Simone de Beauvoir

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage…

— Keith Henson