“TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.” WritingDifferentCharacterStoriesTogetherPoliticalAnimalEmotionalTvsDevelopmentSmartDepthThese DaysCharacter DevelopmentReally SmartDifferent Animals Author:Connie Nielsen
“Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the British scientific community is even suggesting that the animals might even be "Irish-smart.".” HumansMayFactsMightCommunityAnimalCreaturesSmartScientistIntelligentBritishSheepSuggestingUnderestimatedBeing Irish Author:Jon Stewart
“We're smart enough to know we need to live in groups to survive, but we're still animals and we needs lots of room. In the case of the male of the species we also probably need that-guy-over-there's space. And his wife and cow, too.” KnowsMenNeedsStillsEnoughGuySpaceAnimalRoomsCasesWifeGroupsSmartSpeciesMalesCowsThat Guy Author:Julia Phillips
“Even very smart people can try to shoehorn new information that just doesn't fit into an existing paradigm.For a long time the story that we've been telling ourselves is that humans are just another animal. We evolved from other animals and our place in the universe isn't particularly special. What I'm trying to convey in my book [The Sixth Extinction] is that we are unusual.” PeopleTryingHumansLongBookStoriesUniverseAnimalSpecialInformationFitLong TimeSmartUnusualExtinctionParadigmSmart PeopleVery SmartNew Information Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“We're just animals, creatures smart enough and unlucky enough to have figured out we're alive, and we're going to die without ever knowing any purpose. We can pretend all we want and we can wish all we want, but that basic existential fact remainswe can't know.” KnowsWantEnoughFactsPurposeDiesWishAnimalKnowingAliveCreaturesSmartRemainsExistentialUnlucky Book:The Tenth Insight: A Pocket Guide (Storycuts) Source: The Tenth Insight: A Pocket Guide (Storycuts)
“Sometimes I think man needs to feel a special position within nature, and this leads him to believe that he is either specially hated by other animals or specially cherished. Instead of the truth, which is that he's just another animal on the plain. A smart one, but just another animal.” ThinkingMenNeedsFeelsBelieveSometimesAnimalSpecialPositionSmartHated Author:Michael Crichton
“An Animated Cartoon Theology: 1. People are animals. 2. The body is mortal and subject to incredible pain. 3. Life is antagonistic to the living. 4. The flesh can be sawed, crushed, frozen, stretched, burned, bombed, and plucked for music. 5. The dumb are abused by the smart and the smart destroyed by their own cunning. 6. The small are tortured by the large and the large destroyed by their own momentum. 7. We are able to walk on air, but only as long as our illusion supports us.” PeopleLongBodyAblePainLife IsWalksAnimalSupportAirSubjectsSmartIllusionIncrediblesFleshTheologyDestroyedMortalsDumbBurnedCartoonFrozenCunningMomentumCrushedAnimated Author:E. L. Doctorow
“We all have brains and we're all really smart people, but the underlying reality is that we're really just animals and sometimes animal instinct takes over your capability to really think things through.” PeopleThinkingSometimesRealityAnimalBrainSmartInstinctOver YouCapabilitySmart PeopleReally SmartAnimal Instinct Author:Cristian Machado