Will Cuppy
Will Cuppy
William Jacob "Will" Cuppywas an American humorist and literary critic, known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 August 1884
CountryUnited States of America
animal blood sloth
The sloth lives his life upside down. He is perfectly comfortable that way. If the blood rushes to his head, nothing happens because there is nothing to work on.
animal looks hippopotamus
The hippopotamus looks monogamous- he looks as if he would have to be.
spring passion animal
As Darwin puts it in The Descent of Man, 'Male snakes, though appearing so sluggish, are amorous.' Isn't that just like Darwin? It was one of his main ideas, you know, that the males of almost all animals have stronger passions than the females. Since then we've learned a thing or two. At any rate, the female snake is right there when spring arrives in the woods.
men animal brain
It is because of his brain that [modern man] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above.
men animal race
Let's not be too quick to blame the human race for everything. A great many species of animals became extinct before man ever appeared on earth.
funny animal purpose
The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.
cat animal doe
If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
age age-and-aging poetry weight
I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country.
call
If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
american-writer aristotle blood brain certain cool exists famous involved knowing merely process taught true
Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.
bunch certain instead married number people pitied rest statistics wrong year
As you know statistics show that a certain number of people get married each year and the rest don't. Well, I got into the wrong bunch of statistics. I should be pitied instead of questioned.
people pilgrim freedom-of-thought
They [the Pilgrims] believed in freedom of thought for themselves and for all other people who believed exactly as they did.
would-be eruption footnotes
[Footnote:] Pliny the Elder perished in 79 A.D. when he refused to flee from the great eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, insisting that everything would be all right. It wasn't.
running ants hot
[Footnote:] An Ant on a hot stove-lid runs faster than an Ant on a cold one. Who wouldn't?