Animal Quote by Robert Breault

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

— Diogenes

From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.

— Edward Thorndike

“Because we tend to equate intelligence with language--particularly the ability to use language to think and communicate abstractions--it is natural to conclude that animals…

— Linda Bender

Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the British scientific…

— Jon Stewart

“Man is the most intelligent of animals -- and the most silly.”

— Diogenes

I think that intelligence is such a narrow branch of the tree of life - this branch of primates we call humans. No other…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Animals are certainly more sophisticated than we used to think. And we shouldn't lump together animals as a group. Crows and chimps and dogs…

— Alison Gopnik

The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and…

— Pliny the Elder

“Certainly on this planet it is not apparent that there are beings more intelligent than humans, although a case can be made for dolphins…

— Carl Sagan

Our understanding of what constitutes intelligence is utterly relative. If an aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, for example, all of Western civilization would probably…

— John Robbins

Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive.

— Charles Darwin

The intelligence displayed by many dumb animals approaches so closely to human intelligence that it is a mystery. The animals see and hear and…

— Ellen G. White