Quote of the Day (Jane Goodall, on Disregarding Advice About Animals)

“When I started out I was told animals needed numbers not names, that mind, personality and emotion were unique to humanity. To me, this was so obviously not the case. A fact anyone with a pet could attest to.”— English primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall (1934-2025) quoted by Michael Segalov, “Interview: Jane Goodall: ‘People are Surprised I Have a Wicked Sense of Humour,’” The Guardian (UK), Feb. 18, 2023

The image accompanying this post, of Jane Goodall visiting the United States Mission Uganda, was taken Apr. 4, 2022, by the United States Mission Uganda.

Quote of the Day (Diane Guerrero, on ‘Orange is the New Black’)

“I didn’t really eat a mouse on the show! That would be so wrong! I wish we’d aired a disclaimer.”— Actress Diane Guerrero, who plays inmate Maritza Ramos, at the New York premiere of Season 4 of Orange is the New Black, June 16, 2016, quoted in “Funny Lines,” New York Magazine, July 11-24, 2016

I’ve never seen an episode of this series. Based on this quote, I don’t regret it.

 

Quote of the Day (George Eliot, on Animals As ‘Agreeable Friends’)

“Animals are such agreeable friends— they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”—George Eliot, “Mr. Gilfil's Love Story,” Scenes of Clerical Life (1857)

Quote of the Day (Jared Diamond, on the ‘Zoo of Flushing’)

“The Mets have six major-league caliber players on their roster with surnames that sound suspiciously like the name of an animal. The Zoo of Flushing has a flock of birds (pitchers Tim BYRDak and LaTroy HAWKins), woodland creatures (catcher John BUCK), domesticated farm animals (outfielder Collin COWgill) and even the king of the jungle (pitcher Brandon LYON). They also have outfielder Marlon Byrd, who is essentially a flying fish.”—Jared Diamond, “Baseball's Animal House,” The Wall Street Journal, March 9, 2013

It’s a good thing that Diamond pre-emptively cops to Cowgill’s quote in the article that “You'd have to have a lot of time on your hands to come up with that." By logic similar to the one used here, the sportswriter’s surname should qualify him as a member of a major financial concern. No such luck, I guess!