Apes Quotes

234 quotes by 174 authors

The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we. — Konrad Lorenz
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. — H. L. Mencken
I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape. — Desmond Morris
There's a common criticism of evolutionary psychology that it's fatalistic and it dooms us to eternal strife, 'Why even try to work toward peace if… — Steven Pinker
We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
I am one of those people who is not very patient in the makeup chair. I have been offered movies like 'Planet of the Apes'… — John C. Reilly
Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness. — Jean Rostand
Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of… — Donald Rumsfeld
The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the… — George Santayana
It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous. — Jean-Paul Sartre
'Ape House' is an ambitious novel in several ways, for which it is to be admired, and it is certainly an easy read, but because… — Jane Smiley
Although elephants are far more distantly related to us than the great apes, they seem to have evolved similar social and cognitive capacities. — Frans de Waal
Darwin wasn't just provocative in saying that we descend from the apes - he didn't go far enough. We are apes in every way, from… — Frans de Waal
It is well known that apes in the wild offer spontaneous assistance to each other, defending against leopards, say, or consoling distressed companions with tender… — Frans de Waal
But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our… — Robert Ardrey
Dr. Kertesz mentioned to me a case known to him of a farmer who had developed prosopagnosia and in consequence could no longer distinguish (the… — Oliver Sacks
I'd rather be a rising ape than a falling angel. — Terry Pratchett
The Jewish sages also tell us that God dances when His children defeat Him in argument, when they stand on their feet and use their… — Mary Doria Russell
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting… — Douglas Adams

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