Primates Quotes

60 quotes by 44 authors

If anybody wants to believe they're the descendants of a primate, they're welcome to do it. — Mike Huckabee
Kids have *_____ never* taken guidance from their parents. If you could travel back in time and observe the original primate family in the original… — Dave Barry
I am entitled to say, if I like, that awareness exists in all the individual creatures on the planet-worms, sea urchins, gnats, whales, subhuman primates,… — Lewis Thomas
The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not appealing to the… — Robert Anton Wilson
Remember always that we are pattern-seeking primates who are especially adept at finding patterns with emotional meaning. — Michael Shermer
I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next to each other in separate cages for several months before… — Christiaan Barnard
I'm always keen to use my body in my work, so I'm looking forward to the motion capture for Smaug. Both Gollum and King Kong… — Benedict Cumberbatch
No, nothing is sacred. And even if there were to be something called sacred, we mere primates wouldn't be able to decide which book or… — Christopher Hitchens
Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will… — Roddy McDowall
I think it's one of the scars in our culture that we have too high an opinion of ourselves. We align ourselves with the angels… — Angela Carter
We're just a conceited naked ape, but in our minds we're some 'divine legend' and we see ourselves as some sort of god, thinking we… — Paul Watson
Women are extraordinary in lacking the estrus, or period of heat. The females of most other primate species become sexually active, to the point of… — E. O. Wilson
We are part of nature, a product of a long evolutionary journey. To some degree, we carry the ancient oceans in our blood. â€¦ Our… — Murray Bookchin
But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities… — Jane Goodall
There's actually a lot of evidence in primates and other animals that they return favors. — Frans de Waal
Man is the result of a purposeless and materialistic process that did not have him in mind. He was not planned. He is a state… — George Gaylord Simpson
Primate books are good for us. They remind us that we're primates, too. And the embarrassing primate books are best. Macachiavellian Intelligence is an excellently… — Michael Bywater
The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists. — H. Allen Smith
Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing them. — Keith Henson
[A primate ban] would force us to abandon research that could lead to treatments for Alzheimer's, motor neurone disease, strokes and many other illnesses — Tipu Aziz

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