"Far from the truth lay the antique assumption……" — Robert Ardrey
"Far from the truth lay the antique assumption that man had fathered the weapon. The weapon, instead, had fathered man."
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25 Quotes by Robert Ardrey
Robert Ardrey has 25 quotes on this site.
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We are born of risen apes, not fallen angels.
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Aggressiveness is the principal guarantor of survival.
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The hunter died when he achieved supremacy. Perhaps the death of the hunter will be the long monument to interglacial…
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There is a virtue, I must presume, in shamelessness, since by placing on parade the things one does not know,…
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There is nothing so moving - not even acts of love or hate - as the discovery that one is…
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Man is a fraction of the animal world. Our history is an afterthought, no more, tacked to an infinite calender.…
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A bird does not fly because it has wings; it has wings because it flies.
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Do you care about freedom? Dreams may have inspired it, and wishes prompted it, but only war and weapons have…
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While we pursue the unattainable, we make impossible the realizable.
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Why is man man? As long as we have had minds to think with, stars to ponder upon, dreams to…
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The dog barking at you from behind his master's fence acts for a motive indistinguishable from that of his master…
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Classic is our daring, classic our cowardice. Classic is our cruelty, classic our charity.
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More Antique Quotes
This quote is filed under Antique Quotes,
one of 78 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Even if you have $20,000 to buy an item, you still try to get a good price at antique stores.…
— Ursula Andress
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When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something.
— Ursula Andress
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You have to fight against being an antique
— Burt Lancaster
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I abide in a goodly Museum, Frequented by sages profound: 'Tis a kind of strange mausoleum, Where the beasts that…
— Unknown Author
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We find in biking the fullfilment of an antique instinct: vagabondage
— Maurice Barres
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Force yourself to write down what is of no interest, what is most obvious, most common, most colourless...antique shops, clothes,…
— Georges Perec
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I wear a lot of different jewellery. I love to look for it when Im abroad or if I find…
— Lily Donaldson
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I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom.
— Lance Loud
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I'm the oldest antique in town.
— Norman Rockwell
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He may not see the King's antique apparel on kids in the Hall, but he does feel a tinge of…
— Unknown Author
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The woods of Arcady are dead, And over is their antique joy; Of old the world on dreaming fed Gray…
— William Butler Yeats
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Swirls of antique stained glass, blazes of brass, forests of carved wood and waterfalls of crystal combine to make up…
— Mimi Sheraton
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