Animal Quote by Michael Shermer

Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not.

— Michael Shermer

I think that we're pattern-seeking animals, and what we like best is a story where everything fits together, where there's no puzzle pieces left…

— Noah Hawley

Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories.

— Yuval Noah Harari

We [people] are a species that's wired to tell stories. We need stories. It's how we make sense of things. It's how we learn.

— Steven Soderbergh

I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories.

— Jim Davis

Stories match the way our species thinks. Equally important, stories are something we share - everyone everywhere tells stories and oddly enough, in the…

— John Daly

Stories--individual stories, family stories, national stories--are what stitch together the disparate elements of human existence into a coherent whole. We are story animals.

— Yann Martel

Telling a story is the way of exploring so many different things - human behavior, society, whatever existence.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

Humans are pattern-seeking animals, consciously and subconsciously imposing designs and theories on to past events. We do this in both our private lives and…

— David Olusoga

“The patterns we perceive are determined by the stories we want to believe.”

— John Verndon

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the…

— Adrian McKinty

Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all…

— Jasper Fforde