Primates Quotes

60 quotes by 44 authors

We remain of the view that in many areas of research we are still reliant on primates to achieve our goals for improving human health — Colin Blakemore
God was created by evolution, inside the imagination of a primate. — Steve Fowler
It's not that humans and non-humans are identical... but the lack of understanding that led to the slave trade is the same lack of understanding… — Jane Goodall
It must be stressed that there is nothing insulting about looking at people as animals. We are animals, after all. Homo sapiens is a species… — Desmond Morris
Most animals, including most domesticated primates (humans) show truly staggering ability to 'ignore' certain kinds of information - that which does not 'fit' their imprinted/… — Robert Anton Wilson
To assert that the universe has a purpose implies the universe has intent. And intent implies a desired outcome. But who would do the desiring?… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Primates are the only animals on the face of the earth that can taste sweet and see color. We were designed by nature to see,… — Joel Fuhrman
I am a vegetarian because I realized that even little chickens suffer pain and fear, experience a range of feelings and emotions, and are as… — Paul McCartney
I have often noticed how primate groups in their entirety enter a similar mood. All of a sudden, all of them are playful, hopping around.… — Frans de Waal
When we are bad, we are worse than any primate that I know. And when we are good, we are actually better and more altruistic… — Frans de Waal
One of the great commandments of science is, 'Mistrust arguments from authority'. (Scientists, being primates, and thus given to dominance hierarchies, of course do not… — Carl Sagan
As this VP discovered, being a boss is much like being a high-status primate in any group: the creatures beneath you in the pecking order… — Bob Sutton
When one has extensively pondered about men, as a career or as a vocation, one sometimes feels nostalgic for primates. At least they do not… — Albert Camus
Looking back now on the whole sexual scene we can see that our species has remained much more loyal to its basic biological urges than… — Desmond Morris
First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated. — Russell Banks
Most of our social nature is like that of other primates - we're mostly out for ourselves. — Jonathan Haidt
PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an… — Ambrose Bierce
The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and… — Richard Harris Barham
It's the old idea that the process of evolution is some push in the direction of greater complexity--in particular greater intellectual complexity. In one twig… — Steven Pinker
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

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