Once I was a forty pound weakling. Now I am two separate gorillas. — Vivian Stanshall Copy Share Image
Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being murdered as… — Jared Diamond 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
We're animals. We're violent. We're criminal. We're not so far away from the gorillas and the apes, those beautiful creatures. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
I waved to you outside but then I realized it was just one of those inflatable parking lot gorillas. — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
Gorillas would be less scary with bunny ears. Actually, what isn't less scary with bunny ears? Osama Bin Laden with bunny ears.… — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
It really sucks to be the number two intelligent species on this planet; you can just ask gorillas. — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
I have no friends. The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people. — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
[About gorillas] You take these fine, regal animals. How many (human) fathers have the same sense of paternity? How many human mothers… — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
The only other animals that would be in the ballpark to be able to do it would be a gorilla, but it's… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
...Humans were the only creatures in the world that ate their food cooked. You'd never find a Gorilla frying up some bananas… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
Adult gorillas will fight to the death defending their families. This is why poachers who may be seeking only one infant for… — Sy Montgomery Copy Share Image
Not only was it necessary to get the gorillas accustomed to the bluejeaned creature who had become a part of their daily… — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
Gorillas are still wild creatures. That's made very clear when you observe them in nature. They charge and perform other displays that… — Andy Serkis 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
[My] excursions provided a unique opportunity for observing [the gorillas' behavior] in their natural habitat... Then, all too soon, the infants were… — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
... They paid some madman who thought he was a decorator a lot of money to make the place look hip and… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
I've been asked to explain why I don't worry much about the topics of privacy threat...One reason is that these scenarios seem… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
It is in the stomach of plants that development begins, and ends in the circles of the universe. 'Tis a long scale… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
That there is a continuous link from humans to gorillas, with the intermediate species merely long dead, is beyond the understanding of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
...people who believe in God think God has put human beings on earth because they think human beings are the best animal,… — Mark Haddon 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
[I]n Africa I was a member of a family—of a sort of family that the people of your culture haven't known for… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
If zoos are like arks, then rare animals are like passengers on a voyage of the damned, never to find a port… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
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
Gorillas drag their victims, hyenas try to sue, snakes find grass in concrete, there is no city zoo. — The Clash Copy Share Image
“People and gorillas, horses and duikers and pigs, monkeys and chimps and bats and viruses: We’re all in this together.” — David Quammen Copy Share Image
I should like to see any kind of man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr 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
Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization I'm always appalled by… — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
Worrying about a large institution, especially when it has computers, is like worrying about a large gorilla, especially when it's on fire. — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
There was no way that I could explain to dogs, friends, or parents my compelling need to return to Africa to launch… — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
My dream job would be to work in a zoo with gorillas. You get to feed them and go in the enclosure… — Charlotte Crosby Copy Share Image
Social Security's not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you've got to put all… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
We've got to have major health care reform because that is the 800-pound gorilla. That is the thing that can swamp the… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up… — Ray Bradbury 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
I think what's going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat in London any… — Adam Ant 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
![“[About gorillas] You take these fine, regal animals. How many (human) fathers have the same sense of paternity? How many human mothers are more caring? The family structure is unbelievably strong.” quote by Dian Fossey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/dian-fossey-18586_animal_about-gorillas-you-take-these-fine-regal_1213656.jpg)
![“[My] excursions provided a unique opportunity for observing [the gorillas' behavior] in their natural habitat... Then, all too soon, the infants were demanded for their trip to the zoo. ... [H]appily the babies did not know they would never see their mountain home again” quote by Dian Fossey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/dian-fossey-18586_animal_my-excursions-provided-a-unique-opportun_3179078.jpg)
![“[I]n Africa I was a member of a family—of a sort of family that the people of your culture haven't known for thousands of years. If gorillas were capable of such an expression, they would tell you that their family is like a hand, of which they are the fingers. They are fully aware of being a…” quote by Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/daniel-quinn-1786_animal_i-n-africa-i-was-a-member-of-a-family-of_496819.png)
