Monkeys Quotes

420 quotes by 342 authors

I looked like a monkey trying to wrestle a football. — Sam Snead
I love going into the centre of London because people don't give a monkey's about you or who you are. You can be in a… — Teddy Sheringham
Everybody knows that fanaticism is religion caricatured; bears, indeed, about the same relation to it that a monkey bears to a man; yet, with many,… — Edwin Percy Whipple
I know that in many things I am not like others, but I do not know what I really am like. Man cannot compare himself… — Carl Jung
It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off from the angels. — Finley Peter Dunne
Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers,… — 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
I wish I could convey the perfection of a seal slipping into water or a spider monkey swinging from point to point or a lion… — Yann Martel
Rhesus monkeys as well as human adults and older children living in a remote Amazon village have been given comparison and addition tasks using arrays… — Elizabeth Spelke
Coolidge is a better example of evolution than either Bryan or Darrow, for he knows when not to talk, which is the biggest asset the… — Will Rogers
You're not really drinking coffee unless you drink it black, don't you think? Oh, no? You like to monkey with it? — David Letterman
I wouldn't give my troubles to a monkey on a rock. — David Letterman
Do anything in this world but monkey with somebody eles's religion. What reasoning of conceit makes anyone think theirs is right? — Will Rogers
Evolution is fundamentally creative, and when we align ourselves with the evolutionary movements of consciousness, the universe itself puts wind in our sails. Quantum thinking… — Amit Goswami
Thank God I never hooked on anything. I never had a monkey on my back. I just wanted to self-medicate, to numb myself through liquor.… — Johnny Depp
We made it nearly 20 centuries, a bunch of monkeys with PH Ds. — Jimmy Buffett
...claiming my right to follow whethersoever science should lead... it is as respectable to be modified monkey as modified dirt. — Thomas Huxley
With the tiger you're always on edge, and you always have to keep your distance. The monkey is far less threatening so you're more relaxed… — Ed Helms
Cardboard cutouts of cheerleaders operated by arthritic monkeys would move more fluidly. — Courtney Summers
Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for… — Franz Grillparzer

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