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Ashley Montagu quotes

English Scientist June 28, 1905 – November 26, 1999

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Girls marry for love. Boys marry because of a chronic irritation that causes them to gravitate in the direction of objects with certain curvilinear properties. Ashley Montagu
It neither kills outright nor inflicts apparent physical harm, yet the extent of its destructive toll is already greater than that of any war, plague, famine, or natural calamity on record - and its potential damage to the quality of human life and the fabric of civilized society is beyond calculation. For that reason this sickness of the soul might well be called the 'Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse.' Its more conventional name, of course, is dehumanization. Ashley Montagu
The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone. Ashley Montagu
It is work, work that one delights in, that is the surest guarantor of happiness. But even here it is a work that has to be earned by labor in one's earlier years. One should labor so hard in youth that everything one does subsequently is easy by comparison. Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu quote: "The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is..."
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. Ashley Montagu
One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success. Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu quote: "The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a..."
The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality. Ashley Montagu
Human communication, 'as the saying goes, is a clash of symbols' it covers a multitude of signs. But it is more than media and messages, information and persuasion; it also meets a deeper need and serves a higher purpose. Whether clear or garbled, tumultuous or silent, deliberate or fatally inadvertent, communication is the ground of meeting and the foundation of community. It is, in short, the essential human connection. Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu quote: "The Good Book" - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever..."
The Good Book" - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever coined. Ashley Montagu
There have been some medical schools in which somewhere along the assembly line, a faculty member has informed the students, not so much by what he said but by what he did, that there is an intimate relation between curing and caring. Ashley Montagu
The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become. Ashley Montagu
The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What the public is taught is that health is the cure for disease. Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu quote: "Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave..."
Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason. Ashley Montagu
By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being. Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu quote: "Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have..."
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof. Ashley Montagu

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