Quotes by Apes It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes. Dian Fossey apesencountersindividuality None of the three great apes is considered ancestral to modern man, Homo sapiens, but they remain the only other type of extant primate with which human beings share such close physical characteristics. From them we may learn much concerning the behavior of our earliest primate prototypes, because behavior, unlike bones, teeth, or tools, does not fossilize. Dian Fossey wildlifeapesmen Even stranger things have happened; and perhaps the strangest of all is the marvel that mathematics should be possible to a race akin to the apes. Eric Temple Bell apesracemath Thus the evidence given by those five new thigh bones of the morphological and functional distinctness of Pithecanthropus erectus furnishes proof, at the same time, of its close affinity with the gibbon group of anthropoid apes. Eugene Dubois bonesapesgroups Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically depicted, it will be as it were an ape of nature, which imitates nothing to the life, but only clumsily and awkwardly Francis Bacon apeshabitifs We start out postulating sharp boundaries, such as between humans and apes, or between apes and monkeys, but are in fact dealing with sand castles that lose much of their structure when the sea of knowledge washes over them. They turn into hills, leveled ever more, until we are back to where evolutionary theory always leads us: a gently sloping beach. Frans de Waal apesseabeach Although elephants are far more distantly related to us than the great apes, they seem to have evolved similar social and cognitive capacities. Frans de Waal apeselephantssocial It is well known that apes in the wild offer spontaneous assistance to each other, defending against leopards, say, or consoling distressed companions with tender embraces. Frans de Waal leopardsspontaneousapes I call the notion that we are nothing but killer apes the Beethoven fallacy. Beethoven was disorganized and messy, and yet his music is the epitome of order. Frans de Waal killersapesorder The fact that the apes exist and that we can study them is extremely important and makes us reflect on ourselves and our human nature. In that sense alone, you need to protect the apes. Frans de Waal apesimportantneeds Once you were apes, yet even now man is more of an ape than any of the apes. Friedrich Nietzsche apesmen The great thing about this jungle of ours is that anyone of you could grow up to be Lord of the apes. Gary Larson apesgrowing-upstupidity Man is more ape than many of the apes. Friedrich Nietzsche apesmen The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority. Georg C. Lichtenberg apesperfectmen The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape. George Santayana irrationalapesterrible I was pretty young when I saw the original Planet of the Apes, and for a time in the seventies, I was pretty obsessed with it. Gregory Keyes apesobsessedsaws My degrees are in anthropology, and I have friends who have worked with apes. Gregory Keyes anthropologyapesdegrees The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile. George Herbert apesshowstails For let us not underestimate the Christian: the Christian, false to the point of innocence, is far above the ape-regarding Christians, a well known theory of descent becomes a mere compliment. Friedrich Nietzsche innocenceapeschristian On corsets: I said, You have got to be kidding. I am an ape and yet I am still expected to squeeze myself into one of those damn things. Helena Bonham Carter apesdamnsaid«123456»
