Apes Quotes

234 Apes quotes by 174 unique authors

And there I was, 225 pounds, perpetually lost and confused, short legs, ape-like upper body, all chest, no neck, head too large, blurred eyes, hair… — Charles Bukowski
The nasty little apes that call themselves human beings can do nothing except run and hide. — Michael Crichton
For a moment she turned in a circle, staring at her hands, which she held high and useless, close to her breast. She bobbed and… — Peter S. Beagle
You can’t, if you can’t feel it, if it never Rises from the soul, and sways The heart of every single hearer, With deepest power,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case and the opposable thumb, this animal barely up from the apes, will endure… — Robert A. Heinlein
I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much... because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting" ... But… — Robert A. Heinlein
Mr L Prosser was, as they say, only human. In other words he was a carbon-based life form descended from an ape. More specifically he… — Douglas Adams
He helped the Librarian up. There was a red glow in the ape's eyes. It had tried to steal his books. This was probably the… — Terry Pratchett
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 Tomás from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
We were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders… — Robert Ardrey
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
Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights. Since I was born, hasn't every word… — Jean Rhys
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
A southwest blow on ye and blister you all o'er!' 'The red plague rid you!' 'Toads, beetles, bats, light on you!' 'As wicked dew as… — Gary D. Schmidt
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
I am Tarzan of the Apes. I want you. I am yours. You are mine. We live here together always in my house. I will… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
Elsa's joke Where do baby apes sleep? In apricots! — Jacqueline Wilson
There was a time when I didn’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
There is something about the state putting the power to bully into the hands of subnormal, sadistic apes that makes my blood boil. — Gore Vidal

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