Quote by Peter Godfrey-Smith Download Open image ““octopuses, far more than rats and pigeons, have their own ideas:”” — Peter Godfrey-Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The bliss of stroking an octopus’s head is difficult to convey to most people, even to animal lovers.” — Sy Montgomery Copy Share Image
“In their brief time together Slothrop forms the impression that this octopus is not in good mental health, though where's his basis for comparing?” — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“What I mean to say is probably something like this: any single human being, no matter what kind of person he or she may… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I've got no problem with octopuses. It's bugs and spiders that I don't like. Octopuses are cute, in their own 'nature did a lot… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“If guilt was an animal then it would be an octopus. All slimy and wriggly with hundreds of arms that wrap around your insides… — Annabel Pitcher Copy Share Image
“if some octopus moved in next door, I would feel hostile superiority because I have a spine and it didn’t, but that animosity might… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“A giant octopus living way down deep at the bottom of the ocean. It has this tremendously powerful life force, a bunch of long,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“an octopus may have half a billion nerve cells distributed between its brain and its “arms” (a mouse, by comparison, has only 75 to… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
“I wish I was Dumbo the Octopus. Adapted to freezing deep-ocean temperatures, I’d flop around down there at peace. The big concerns of my… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
“But Toulmin and Goodfield's Fabric of the Heavens (1962.), an old book recently reprinted, is my favorite.” — Peter Godfrey-Smith Copy Share Image
“Crabs and some shrimp, in contrast, will groom injured areas.” — Peter Godfrey-Smith Copy Share Image
In a world full of audio visual marvels, may words matter to you and be full of magic. — Peter Godfrey-Smith Copy Share Image
“Octopuses in at least two aquariums have learned to turn off the lights” — Peter Godfrey-Smith Copy Share Image
“All living things affect their environment by making and transforming chemicals, and” — Peter Godfrey-Smith Copy Share Image
“if you focus on the large fossils, you miss most of the life that is present” — Peter Godfrey-Smith Copy Share Image
“Inner speech seems to be an important part of System 2 thinking.” — Peter Godfrey-Smith Copy Share Image
“When you dive into the sea, you are diving into the origin of us all.” — Peter Godfrey-Smith Copy Share Image
“seems plausible that an animal might feel pain or thirst without having an “inner model” of the world,” — Peter Godfrey-Smith Copy Share Image
“They are curious, embracing novelty, protean in behavior as well as in body” — Peter Godfrey-Smith Copy Share Image
