Animals Quote by Konrad Lorenz

The similarities among animals that are on the surface very different are no coincidence. In fact, animal locomotion is no different than other flows,…

— Adrian Bejan

“Science proves that what appears to be solid is simply moving at a slower rate. Whereas, what is moving, grooving, and flowing, has a…

— Susan C. Young

[Animals] do not so much act as be put into action, and that objects make an impression on their senses such that it is…

— Marin Mersenne

The reason why the race of man moves slowly is because it must move all together.

— Thomas Reed

“The slow movement is not about doing everything at a snail's pace. Nor is it a Luddite attempt to drag the whole planet back…

— Carl Honoré

Like springs, adaptations can only go downhill.

— John Simon

Indeed, all things move, all things run, all things are rapidly changing. A profile is never motionless before our eyes, but it constantly appears…

— Giacomo Balla

Natural movement is the shortest way to an effective result. Like the way the water runs, it always finds the right way.

— Vladimir Vasiliev

With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails, Like kittens playing with their tails.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.

— Anonymous

“The principle of vis inertiae (...) seems to be identical in physics and metaphysics. It is not more true in the former, that a…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“There are many examples where species share common plastic traits. What appears to be convergence may just be the plastic response of the organism…

— Lee Spetner