“Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.” — Adam Ferguson Quote

“Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.”

“Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure and distant origin. They arise before the date of philosophy, from the instincts, not the speculations of men.”

“The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.”

“I think people should give in to what they feel like doing at the time and be a raw animal.”

“Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know?”

“Closeness to animals creates the desire to understand them, and not just a little piece of them, but the whole animal. It makes us wonder what goes on in their heads even though we fully realize that the answer can only be approximated.”