Author: Ashley Montagu

Quotes

One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.

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

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.

Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.

- 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.

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

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

- Ashley Montagu

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.

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

The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality.

The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality.

- Ashley Montagu

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

- Ashley Montagu

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