Curious Quote by Muhammad Ali

As a child I was attracted to Tarzan and everything that had to do with jungles. It seemed to me -- and this is…

— Jean Liedloff

“[The little black boy] had seen Tarzan bring down a buck, just as Numa, the lion, might have done... Tibo had shuddered at the…

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as 'Tarzan.'

— Henry Louis Gates

The fans called me Jungleman. They said this young guy's not white. He's black in a white man's skin.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw in movies…

— Henry Louis Gates

People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you see are jungles and…

— Miriam Makeba

There's a childlike quality to Tarzan that's quite beautiful and wonderful, but there's also an intelligence and fierceness that's quite powerful as well.

— David Nutter

“To Tarzan of the Apes the expedition was in the nature of a holiday outing. His civilization was at best but an outward veneer…

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

The lion in the jungle makes every other animal sit up and take notice as soon as he lets out a roar. He didn't…

— Charles Atlas

If you're from Africa, why are you white?

— Anonymous

“Whitepeople believed that whatever the manners, under every dark skin was a jungle. Swift unnavigable waters, swinging screaming baboons, sleeping snakes, red gums ready…

— Toni Morrison

“The original title for The Lion King was King of the Jungle - until someone pointed out that Lions don’t actually live in the…

— Jack Goldstein