Chimpanzees Quotes

79 quotes by 49 authors

I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms we can't conceive. Just as a chimpanzee can't understand quantum theory, it could… — Martin Rees
I don't like explosions. I don't mind progress. But digital photography has made every man, woman, child and chimpanzee a photographer of sorts and consequently… — Elliott Erwitt
My own diagnosis of my problem is a simpler one. It's that I share 50 per cent of my genome with a banana and 98… — Sebastian Faulks
I got to Africa. I got the opportunity to go and learn, not about any animal, but chimpanzees. I was living in my dream world,… — Jane Goodall
I describe in 'Chimpanzee Politics' how the alpha male needs broad support to reach the top spot. He needs some close allies and he needs… — Frans de Waal
As our closest relatives, they (chimpanzees) tell us special things about what it means to be a primate and, ultimately, what it means to be… — Francis Collins
Shave a gorilla and it would be almost impossible, at twenty paces, to distinguish him from a heavyweight champion of the world. Skin a chimpanzee,… — H. L. Mencken
The suffix 'naut' comes from the Greek and Latin words for ships and sailing. Astronaut suggests 'a sailor in space.' Chimponaut suggests 'a chimpanzee in… — Mary Roach
Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I… — Jane Goodall
I'm always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them with respect. — Jane Goodall
It was both fascinating and appalling to learn that chimpanzees were capable of hostile and territorial behavior that was not unlike certain forms of primitive… — Jane Goodall
Certainly the first true humans were unique by virtue of their large brains. It was because the human brain is so large when compared with… — Jane Goodall
I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in '86 I went to a conference and realised… — Jane Goodall
In the future, I can imagine that we will genetically modify ourselves using the genes that have doubled our life span since we were chimpanzees. — Michio Kaku
Chimpanzees, typically, kiss and embrace after fights. They first make eye contact from a distance to see the mood of the others. Then they approach… — Frans de Waal
A chimpanzee who is really gearing up for a fight doesn't waste time with gestures but just goes ahead and attacks. — Frans de Waal
Male chimpanzees have an extraordinarily strong drive for dominance. They're constantly jockeying for position. — Frans de Waal
...people who believe in God think God has put human beings on earth because they think human beings are the best animal, but human beings… — Mark Haddon
I guess I'm just an old mad scientist at bottom. Give me an underground laboratory, half a dozen atom-smashers, and a beautiful girl in a… — S. J. Perelman
Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the… — Kurt Vonnegut

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