Our social life is literally primal, in the sense that chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest relatives among the primates, are also social. — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and… — Pat Derby Copy Share Image
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I want to make movies just like "King Kong." You know, dinosaurs, big gorillas - it's everything that a nine year-old boy… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
The newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
His name is Marcus: he is four and a half and possesses that deep gravity and seriousness that only small children and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Intelligence is a valuable thing, but it is not usually the key to survival. Sheer fecundity ... usually counts. The intelligent gorilla… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
So Socrates was a kind of gadfly. He was a sort of philosophical urban gorilla hanging around in the middle of Athens,… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
I watched the gorilla's eyes again, wise and knowing eyes, and wondered about this business of trying to teach apes language. Our… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“The keepers would give the gorillas an assortment of fruits and vegetables each afternoon, and on this particular occasion, Judy Sievert tossed… — Eugene Linden Copy Share Image
I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can drink pickle juice and imitate gorillas and do silly dances and sing stupid songs and wear funny hats and be… — Stephen Manes Copy Share Image
Growing up gorilla is just like any other kind of growing up. You make mistakes. You play. You learn. You do it… — Katherine Applegate Copy Share Image
I was the naughty kid that the teachers liked. I bullied a kid in the 1st year when I was in the… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
The need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
The 800 pound gorilla just entered the blogosphere, with Google launching its blog search. — Charlene Li Copy Share Image
I like when they say a movie is inspired by a true story. That's kind of silly. "Hey, Mitch, did you hear… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I find it striking that the quality of the urban habitat of homo sapieans is so weakly researched compared to the habitats… — Jan Gehl Copy Share Image
Every animal on the planet attracts mates with the goal of reproduction. Frogs swell their bodies. Male gorillas beat their chests. Have… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Did you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly, and… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated. — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
Stupefaction overrode all other emotion when I saw this creature on the lookout, lying in wait for the game. For it was… — Pierre Boulle Copy Share Image
I think a lot guys get laid pretending to be Shaggy 2 Dope because without his paint he's a lot more unrecognizable.… — Joseph Bruce Copy Share Image
Saving New York City from bankruptcy is like making love to a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired; you stop when… — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image