Animal Quote by William James

Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning…

— Thomas Jefferson

Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful.

— Arthur Keith

“Man is not a 'fixed and limited animal whose nature is absolutely constant'. He changed drastically when he developed 'divided consciousness' to cope with…

— Colin Wilson

For we cannot adequately understand 'man' as an isolated biological creature, as a bundle of reflexes or a set of instincts, as an 'intelligible…

— C. Wright Mills

Man is a social animal formed to please in society.

— Baron de Montesquieu

MAN is a social animal, gregarious by nature, and finds his greatest sense of security and satisfaction in the company of others who share…

— Billy Graham

Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes…

— Plato

Man is a historical being : The realisations of the powers of human individuals living at any one time takes the cooperation of many…

— John Rawls

Man's most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store…

— Margaret Mead

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow-men, he is…

— Washington Irving

Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.

— Aristotle

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.

— Jean Kerr