Monkeys Quotes

420 quotes by 342 authors

The brown monkey's instinct to kill is correct; such men are dangerous to all monkey customs. — Robert A. Heinlein
We find ourselves more taken with the running up and down, the games, and puerile simplicities of our children, than we do, afterward, with their… — Michel de Montaigne
Im thinking of buying a monkey. Then I think, Why stop at one? I don't like being limited in that way. Therefore, I'm considering a… — Robert Downey, Jr.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldnâ€™t make any sense if quoted as… — Robert Benchley
I don't want to sound pretentious, but you could hire a bunch of monkeys to be on a TV show, and if it's successful, then… — Scott Caan
It sometimes strikes me that the whole of science is a piece of impudence; that nature can afford to ignore our impertinent interference. If our… — Aleister Crowley
Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle a structureless life. — Douglas Coupland
People will always work harder if they're getting well paid and if they're afraid of losing a job which they know will be hard to… — Armand Hammer
Southerners ask intimate questions in the way monkeys groom each other for lice, not to pry but to make you feel cared for. — Reynolds Price
I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to… — Aneurin Bevan
I once threw myself a surprise party on Twitter because I was lonely. It was awesome. Thousands of people showed up and then Wil Wheaton… — Jenny Lawson
We're all just bags of bones and muscle and hormones; I'll never understand what makes our minds do the things we do. It's like that… — Meshell Ndegeocello
I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And… — Mackenzie Phillips
My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for… — Mackenzie Phillips
Frank's audience doesn't care if a girl singer, a comic or an organ grinder with a monkey opens the show. They are there to see… — Nancy Sinatra
I just don't know when we all decided that if it doesn't fit in a Happy Meal box, it's not for kids. I remember flying… — Gore Verbinski
For me, two of my favourite science fiction films are Blade Runner, which is fantastic, and Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys. Both of those were smart… — Duncan Jones
Your mind makes you dance like a monkey all the time... Now you have to become stronger; you have to make the mind dance. Make… — Swami Muktananda
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
Before every action ask yourself. Will this bring more monkeys on my back. Will the result of my action be a blessing or a heavy… — Alfred Armand Montapert

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