Famous quotes containing the words hippopotamus and/or behavior:
“Wildly dissimilar
yet actuated by the same fear,
the hippopotamus and the wild-deer
hide by the same river.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?”
—Elizabeth Janeway (b. 1913)