Anthropoids Quotes & Sayings

A lover of men is very nearly the opposite of a philanthropist; indeed the pedantry of the Greek word carries something like a satire on itself. A philanthropist may be said to love anthropoids. But as St. Francis did not love humanity but men, so he did not love Christianity but Christ. — G.K. Chesterton

I would never hit Dylan. I would never hurt her. But I just beat her up with words. — Katie Kacvinsky

Sometimes," she said, "it seems to me there's just these certain types of people that come around and around in our lives, know what I mean? Easy types and hard types; we run into them over and over. — Anne Tyler

With man it is different. When he comes many of the larger animals instinctively leave the district entirely, seldom if ever to return; and thus it has always been with the great anthropoids. They flee man as man flees a pestilence. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love. — Charles Peguy

Myths are what remain once the history of an event has been forgotten or lost to time. Myths are like the memory of one's first crush; the pain and longing one felt at that time is forgotten, but the warmth and sweetness of romance lives on, probably even magnified, larger in the imagination than it was in reality. — Shatrujeet Nath

Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world. — Wes Anderson

The key point is that anthropomorphism is not always as problematic as people think. To rail against it for the sake of scientific objectivity often hides a pre-Darwinian mindset, one uncomfortable with the notion of humans as animals. When we are considering species like the apes, which are aptly known as "anthropoids" (humanlike), however, anthropomorphism is in fact a logical choice. Dubbing an ape's kiss "mouth-to-mouth contact" so as to avoid anthropomorphism deliberately obfuscates the meaning of the behavior. It would be like assigning Earth's gravity a different name than the moon's, just because we think Earth is special. — Frans De Waal

Impartial, compassionate, brave, and understanding ... these are the traits that come with putting the Noble Eightfold Path into practice. By following this path, anyone can become the kind of leader the Buddha hoped to see - a leader of peace. — Victoria Stoklasa

Most English houses, grand or small, nestle in an intimate pastoral setting. — Nicholas Haslam

The things this man made me feel just by speaking was unreal. At times I wanted to weep from the sheer sensation of never before experienced feelings that I knew had already wrecked me for any other man. — Madeline Sheehan

Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not. — Lawrence Block

The requirements of health, and the style of female attire which custom enjoins, are in direct antagonism to each other. — Abba Louisa Goold Woolson