Humans Quote by Richard Preston Download Open image “Humans in space suits make monkeys nervous.” — Richard Preston ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Humans Money Monkeys Nervous Space Suits
At the zoo, all the animals have a decent composure, except for the monkeys. You get the feeling man is very close to them. — Hussein Nishah Copy Share Image
Contrary to general belief, humans imitate apes more than the reverse. The sight of monkeys or apes induces an irresistible urge in people to… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Man, sometimes just picture the crowd as monkeys in there underpants. — Kings Of Leon Copy Share Image
I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey cages at the zoo is a warning sign. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up. — Duane G. Carey Copy Share Image
It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off from the angels. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
“Monkeys are dangerous animals. Don't be fooled by the cute exterior," Eve said like she was imparting some sage wisdom. "Look," I explained, "I'm… — Sloane Tanen Copy Share Image
“Nine out of ten humans killed? And you're not bothered." A look of mysterious thoughtfulness crossed his face. "A virus can be useful to… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
To mess around with Ebola is an easy way to die. Better to work with something safer, such as anthrax. — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
The best way to know what's in the soup, is to boil yourself in it. — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
“He becomes dizzy and utterly weak, and his spine goes limp and nerveless and he loses all sense of balance. The room is turning… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
“Ebola Zaire attacks every organ and tissue in the human body except skeletal muscle and bone. It is a perfect parasite because it transforms… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
“Jahrling sat down at his desk and sighed. There was a landfill of papers on his desk, mostly about smallpox, and it was discouraging.… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
“we could eradicate smallpox from nature, but we could not uproot the virus from the human heart” — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
“C.J. had spoken longingly of finding the African termite queen, the glistening white sac that was half a foot long and as thick as… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
During climbs into taller trees, I was occasionally able to look down on the backs of birds, which shine with reflected sunlight as they… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
The Ludolphian number is fixed in eternity— not a digit out of place, all characters in their proper order, an endless sentence written to… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
“Your mouth bleeds, and you bleed around your teeth, and you may have hemorrhages from the salivary glands—literally every opening in the body bleeds,… — Richard Preston Copy Share Image
Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence. — Brian Herbert Copy Share Image
Humans are, as Sartre put it, 'condemned to be free'. To insist that science, or God, objectively defines moral values is to abandon our… — Kenan Malik Copy Share Image
Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
