Apes Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

When one has extensively pondered about men, as a career or as a vocation, one sometimes feels nostalgic for primates. At least they do…

— Albert Camus

I would rather be the offspring of two apes than be a man and afraid to face the truth.

— Thomas Huxley

“Apes in their own habitat are less sexually driven than those in captivity. It must be that captivity, boredom, breeds lustfulness.”

— Saul Bellow

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of…

— Emile Zola

It's complicated. On the one hand we're killer apes, and on the other hand we have this metaphysical longing.

— Simon Critchley

The disappointed one speaks. I searched for great human beings; I always found only the apes of their ideals.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his…

— Thomas More

I looked for great men, but all I found were the apes of their ideals.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.

— Alexander Hamilton

All male animals, including men, when they are in love, are apt to behave in ways that seem ludicrous to bystanders.

— Francis Galton

I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we.

— Konrad Lorenz

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

— Jacqueline Bisset