Gorillas Quotes

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Social Security's not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you've got to put all of it on… — Joe Biden
Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla. — Jim Bishop
It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila. — Muhammad Ali
I have no friends. The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people. — Dian Fossey
I have no patience whatever with these gorilla damnifications of humanity. — Thomas Carlyle
Intelligence is a valuable thing, but it is not usually the key to survival. Sheer fecundity ... usually counts. The intelligent gorilla doesn't do as… — Isaac Asimov
I wonder whether those of our political masters who have been put in charge of the defence of the country can distinguish a mortar from… — Sam Manekshaw
I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin (his wife). When we got to the gorilla cage… — Mike Tyson
Active conservation [of gorillas] involves simply going out into the forest, on foot, day after day after day, attempting to capture poachers, killing-regretfully-poacher dogs, which… — Dian Fossey
Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being murdered as the average human. — Jared Diamond
They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and have humor and… — Pat Derby
I was the naughty kid that the teachers liked. I bullied a kid in the 1st year when I was in the 2nd, who then… — Simon Pegg
Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me.' — Dian Fossey
...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have a rich social… — Peter Singer
The newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby gorilla at the… — Peter Singer
[About gorillas] You take these fine, regal animals. How many (human) fathers have the same sense of paternity? How many human mothers are more caring?… — Dian Fossey
We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes. Our common ancestor with the chimpanzees and gorillas is much… — Richard Dawkins
If zoos are like arks, then rare animals are like passengers on a voyage of the damned, never to find a port that will let… — Peter Singer
Football is a game for trained apes. That, in fact, is what most of the players are -- retarded gorillas wearing helmets and uniforms. The… — Edward Abbey
The need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla. — Emile M. Cioran

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