Academia Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Because we’re human, and humans are mean, independent monkeys that reached their greatness by killing every other species of hominid that looked at us…

— James S.A. Corey

“It’s better to be a modest man instead of a conceited monkey.”

— M.F. Hopkins

“The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I…

— Markus Zusak

“The most beautiful ape is ugly compared to the human race, so, the wisest of men is an ape compared with God, both in…

— Herakleitos of Ephesos

“What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.”

— Cicero

“humans had to become the nicest of all apes before they could also evolve into the smartest.”

— Stefan Klein

“the ugliest things in human nature are perversions of good and innocent things.”

— C.S. Lewis

“The idea of a monkey, albeit a slightly more sophisticated than average one, probing inside of my mind as though she were looking for…

— David Simpson

“There is no greater beauty than kindness and no worse ugliness than rudeness!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“A monkey could do my job better and with more hilarious results.”

— Marie-Helene Bertino

“Intelligence and effort can be no compensation for ugliness.”

— Hanif Kureishi

“See what monkeys we are! Look, such is man!" and at once all renown, all intelligence, all the attainments of the spirit, all progress…

— Hermann Hesse