35 Quotes by Robert T. Bakker

In 1941 Richard Owen said that the dinosaurs were almost hot blooded.

The public image of dinosaurs is tainted by extinction. It's hard to accept dinosaurs as a success when they are all dead. But the fact of ultimate extinction should not make us overlook the absolutely unsurpassed role dinosaurs played in the history of life.

It’s very simple why kids are crazy about dinosaurs — dinosaurs are nature’s Special Effects. They are the only real dragons. Kids love dragons. It’s not just being weirdly shaped and being able to eat Buicks. It’s that they are real.

I also discovered the only complete Brontosaurus skull.

It’s very simple why kids are crazy about dinosaurs – dinosaurs are nature’s Special Effects. They are the only real dragons. Kids love dragons. It’s not just being weirdly shaped and being able to eat Buicks. It’s that they are real.

The public image of dinosaurs is tainted by extinction. It’s hard to accept dinosaurs as a success when they are all dead. But the fact of ultimate extinction should not make us overlook the absolutely unsurpassed role dinosaurs played in the history of life.

The iguanodon has modest powers of self awareness. She feels happy and complacent and content. She feels efficient, in a vague “I’m doing what I should be doing and I’m doing it well” sort of way.

Bones and rocks are eloquent storytellers, if you know how to listen to them.