Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Richard Conniff

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Richard Conniff.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Richard Conniff

Richard Conniff is an American non-fiction writer, specializing in human and animal behavior.

The natural world is full of females falling hard for stupid male display behavior, including bright feathers, big antlers, and bombastic courtship rituals. — © Richard Conniff
The natural world is full of females falling hard for stupid male display behavior, including bright feathers, big antlers, and bombastic courtship rituals.
Large swaths of what we now regard as basic medical knowledge came originally from naturalists.
As an editor, I must often tell writers that their stories "do not fit our present needs." But there are times when I want to reply: "Sir, I would not trust you to write a ransom note."
Among environmentalists sharing two or three beers, the notion is quite common that if only some calamity could wipe out the entire human race, other species might once again have a chance.
The Egyptians had the locusts and in the Middle Ages there was the Black Death with the rats, but tourists are the plague of our century and we'll not survive this one.
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