"We were born of risen apes, not fallen……" — Robert Ardrey
"We were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments?"
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Robert Ardrey
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25 Quotes by Robert Ardrey
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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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Far from the truth lay the antique assumption that man had fathered the weapon. The weapon, instead, had fathered man.
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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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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
— Saint Augustine
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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
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Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I…
— Teresa of Avila
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But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to…
— Francis Bacon
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
— Francis Bacon
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I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies.…
— Drew Barrymore
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It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure,…
— Karl Barth
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Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing…
— Martha Beck
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Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an…
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Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.
— Josh Billings
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Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between.
— Robert Blair
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It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not…
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