Anticipate Quote by Dian Fossey

The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

— Dian Fossey

They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and have humor…

— Pat Derby

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,…

— Dian Fossey

I have no patience whatever with these gorilla damnifications of humanity.

— Thomas Carlyle

As I started to research gorillas, I began to understand that they're all totally individual and idiosyncratic, and they have their own personalities.

— Andy Serkis

Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.

— Anthony Browne

Certain gorillas are more evolved than certain human beings I know.

— Andy Serkis

I cannot concur with those who advocate saving gorillas from extinction by killing and capturing more free-living individuals only to exhibit them in confinement.

— Dian Fossey

It's hard to put into words. Gorillas are not complainers. We're dreamers, poets, philosophers, nap takers.

— Katherine Applegate

Gorillas are still wild creatures. That's made very clear when you observe them in nature. They charge and perform other displays that are terrifying…

— Andy Serkis

The need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla.

— Emile M. Cioran

Gorillas have a belch vocalization, which is sort of like, 'I'm OK, you're OK.' They do a pig grunt, which is reprimanding. They sing,…

— Andy Serkis