Apes Quotes

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Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned… — Colleen Atwood
The library is what keeps us a step ahead of the apes. — Dana Stabenow
Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels. — Benjamin Disraeli
And to the English court assemble now, From every region, apes of idleness! — William Shakespeare
To find anything comparable with our forthcoming ventures into space, we must go back far beyond Columbus, far beyond Odysseus-far, indeed, beyond the first ape-man.… — Arthur C. Clarke
You know, you just know, that after the president goes out there and announces he wants to make community college free for all Americans -… — John Podhoretz
Orangutans teach us that looks are not everything-but warned near it. — Will Cuppy
Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers… — William Shakespeare
The Spaniards are perfectly right to govern these barbarians of the New World and adjacent islands; they are in prudence, ingenuity, virtue, and humanity as… — Juan Gines de Sepulveda
For let us not underestimate the Christian: the Christian, false to the point of innocence, is far above the ape-regarding Christians, a well known theory… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Who are we? That is the big question. And essentially we are just an upright, walking, big brained, super intelligent ape. — Louise Leakey
Like apes, we breed, sleep, and die. Yet like God we say, "I am." We are ontological oxymorons. — Peter Kreeft
Modernity sees humanity as having ascended from what is inferior to it - life begins in slime and ends in intelligence - whereas traditional cultures… — Huston Smith
Almost all theological thought is anthropocentric and I just cannot buy into the anthropocentric ideology. Basically we're a bunch of conceited apes. — Paul Watson
Lower your gaze because you become less of a human every time you stare at a woman and you stare at her like she's a… — Nouman Ali Khan
Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and… — John Masefield
A poor degenerate from the ape, Whose hands are four, whose tail's a limb, I contemplate my flaccid shape And know I may not rival… — Aldous Huxley
We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and… — Richard Leakey
Like some of my other movies, 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' is also a very political film, and many critics still consider it… — J. Lee Thompson
Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere… — George Gaylord Simpson

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