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No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.

No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.

Desmond Morris
Faith, Mother, Children
Desmond Morris (1977). “Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior”

Looking back now on the whole sexual scene we can see that our species has remained much more loyal to its basic biological urges than we might at first imagine. Its primate sexual system with carnivore modifications has survived all the fantastic technological advances remarkably well.

Desmond Morris
Sex, Loyal, Might
Desmond Morris (1986). “The illustrated naked ape: a zoologist's study of the human animal”, Crown Pub

Sexual behavior in our species goes through three characteristic phases: pair formation, precopulatory activity, and copulation, usually but not always in that order. The pair-formation stage, usually referred to as courtship, is remarkably prolonged by animal standards.

Desmond Morris
Animal, Order, Three
Desmond Morris (1986). “The illustrated naked ape: a zoologist's study of the human animal”, Crown Pub

As long as the human race is able to concern itself with more than mere survival, soccer will have its place.

Desmond Morris
Soccer, Football, Race
Desmond Morris (1981). “The soccer tribe”, Jonathan Cape

This gives the agents of the gods a powerful area of support. All they need to do is to remind their followers constantly of their mortality and to convince them that the afterlife itself is under the personal management of the particular gods they are promoting. The self-protective urges of their worshippers will do the rest.

Desmond Morris
Powerful, Self, Afterlife
Desmond Morris (1977). “Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior”

I think like the species I am studying, whatever it is. If I am watching a lizard, I become the lizard. Gazing ath the water at a pike, I become the pike.

Desmond Morris
Thinking, Water, Lizards

The response of teenagers to their idols is relevant. As an audience, they enjoy themselves, not by screaming with laughter, but screaming with screams.

Desmond Morris
Laughter, Teenager, Idols
Desmond Morris (1967). “The Naked Ape”

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