Animal Quote by Oscar Wilde

“One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance…

— Oscar Wilde

Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal.

— Anonymous

A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions, and no matter what his pretensions in religion, he…

— David O. McKay

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

— Anatole France

Man [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice.

— Thomas Jefferson

Man is a reasoning Animal.

— Seneca the Younger

A man's fate is his own temper.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Man is a rational animal. But that does not mean that he is a reasonable animal. It means only that he has reason, and…

— Frank Sheed

I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but…

— Oscar Wilde

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.

— Bertrand Russell

Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice-and the alternative his nature offers him is: rational being or…

— Anonymous

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.

— Jean Kerr