With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.
Anthony StorrHad [Winston Churchill] been a stable and equable man, he could never have inspired the nation. In 1940, when all the odds were against Britain, a leader of sober judgment might well have concluded that we were finished.
Anthony StorrIf we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.
Anthony Storr