Ashley Montagu
Ashley Montagu
Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu, previously known as Israel Ehrenberg, was a British-American anthropologist who popularized the study of topics such as race and gender and their relation to politics and development. He was the rapporteur, in 1950, for the UNESCO statement The Race Question. As a young man he changed his name from Ehrenberg to "Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu". After relocating to the United States he used the name "Ashley Montagu". Montagu, who became a naturalized American citizen in 1940, taught and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth28 June 1905
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Without love, intelligence is dangerous; without intelligence, love is not enough.
For the person and for the species love is the form of behavior having the highest survival value.
... the main principle by which human beings must guide the future course of their development is love.
You certainly can't tell anything from the microscopic structure of the brain whether the person was an idiot or a genius.
It is not the most lovable individuals who stand more in need of love, but the most unlovable
Hatred is love frustrated.
The Eskimos live among ice all their lives but have no single word for ice.
The benefits to the mother of immediate breastfeeding are innumerable, not the least of which after the weariness of labor and birth is the emotional gratification, the feeling of strength, the composure, and the sense of fulfillment that comes with the handling and suckling of the baby.
Psychosclerosis: the hardening of the attitude which causes a person to cease dreaming, seeing, thinking, and leading.
Today, while the titular head of the family may still be the father, everyone knows that he is little more than chairman, at most, of the entertainment committee.
The world is so full of wonderful things we should all, if we were taught how to appreciate it, be far richer than kings.
The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.
The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.
Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago.