Ape Quotes

164 quotes by 127 authors

As far as I can recall, the initial shiver of inspiration [for Lolita] was somehow prompted by a newspaper story about an ape in the… — Vladimir Nabokov
He pulled away the glove, and at the first glimpse of her fragile, white hand, all thoughts of negotiation fled. "I don't see how matters… — Loretta Chase
Driven by a wish to save TomÃ¡s from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
All beings so far have created something beyond themselves; and do you want to be the ebb of this great flood and even go back… — Friedrich Nietzsche
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world… — Charles Darwin
I watched the gorilla's eyes again, wise and knowing eyes, and wondered about this business of trying to teach apes language. Our language. Why? There… — Douglas Adams
Michael has never cried during a Broadway show. Except in that scene where Tarzan's ape father is brutally murdered. And that was only because he… — Meg Cabot
Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized. — Mark Rowlands
There was a time when I didnâ€™t at any minute have the slightest idea how I could reach the next one. Yes, one can wage… — Albert Camus
You have the effrontery to be squeamish, it thought at him. But we were dragons. We were supposed to be cruel, cunning, heartless and terrible.… — Terry Pratchett
Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk?… — L. Frank Baum
The leech's kiss, the squid's embrace, The prurient ape's defiling touch: And do you like the human race? No, not much. — Aldous Huxley
Apes had it worked out. No ape would philosophize, "The mountain is, and is not." They would think, "The banana is. I will eat the… — Terry Pratchett
ASTONISHING, said Death. REALLY ASTONISHING. LET ME PUT FORWARD ANOTHER SUGGESTION: THAT YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A LUCKY SPECIES OF APE THAT IS TRYING… — Terry Pratchett
Any ape can reach for a banana, but only humans can reach for the stars. — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
The question is this - Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with… — Benjamin Disraeli
Man has lost the basic skill of the ape, the ability to scratch its back. Which gave it extraordinary independence, and the liberty to associate… — Jean Baudrillard
Yet man does recognise himself [as an animal]. But I ask you and the whole world for a generic differentia between man and ape which… — Carl Linnaeus
Not a superman who stumbles, but an ape with makeshift manners in whose nickel-plated jungles roam mechanical bananas. — William Tenn
I thought if I could understand why apes get mean and horrible and aggressive when they grow up, maybe I could understand why people get… — Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

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