Apes Quotes

234 Apes quotes by 174 unique authors

A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the "buffone", or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for… — Ambrose Bierce
Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans are descended from… — Guus Kuijer
Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape! — Abraham Cowley
At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe it's just an… — Bo Burnham
When I see David Attenborough talking about how chimps live, big apes, I just remember my dad and the way he'd look at you. He… — Richard Griffiths
That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with… — Joe Elliott
There is hardly an American male of my generation who has not at one time or another tried to master the victory cry of the… — Gore Vidal
We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act. — Laurence Olivier
Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur. — Logan Pearsall Smith
There is a rowdy strain in American life, living close to the surface but running very deep. Like an ape behind a mask, it can… — Bruce Catton
The money complex is the demonic, and the demonic is God's ape; the money complex is therefore the heir to and substitute for the religious… — Norman O. Brown
As every parent knows, children go through an adolescent growth spurt, during which they put on inches at an alarming rate. Humans are unique in… — Richard Leakey
We are bipedal apes, and it should not be surprising to see that fact reflected in the way our ancestors lived. — Richard Leakey
Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to… — Vance Havner
I was a 'Planet of the Apes'-obsessed kid. — Justin Cronin
In fact I was slightly badly behaved at school and got in trouble. I would get a bee in my bonnet about something I thought… — Olivia Colman
People are bloody ignorant apes. — Samuel Beckett
Nothing is more important than saving ... the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels.… — James Lee
There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own follies than to… — William Winwood Reade
Man is an ape with possibilities. — Roy Chapman Andrews
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', was just a film for kids and didn't have any deep meaning. — J. Lee Thompson
Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man, Dressed… — William Shakespeare
ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an… — Ambrose Bierce
The 'missing link' between ape and man will probably never be found- because it was an embryo. — Arthur Koestler
Contrary to general belief, humans imitate apes more than the reverse. The sight of monkeys or apes induces an irresistible urge in people to jump… — Frans de Waal

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