Quotes by Apes What is the ape to man? A laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment. And just that shall man be for the superman: a laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment. Friedrich Nietzsche apeslaughingmen I looked for great men, but all I found were the apes of their ideals. Friedrich Nietzsche apesfoundmen The disappointed one speaks. I searched for great human beings; I always found only the apes of their ideals. Friedrich Nietzsche apesspeakfound What? A great man? I only ever see the ape of his own ideal. Friedrich Nietzsche great-menapesmen Like some of my other movies, 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' is also a very political film, and many critics still consider it even the best of all the Apes movies, because it conveys a series of political viewpoints. J. Lee Thompson apesmoviepolitical Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', was just a film for kids and didn't have any deep meaning. J. Lee Thompson apesbattlekids It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous. Jean-Paul Sartre apesselfishmen Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape. Jerome Lawrence inherit-the-windapesmen Sure, I'd play an ape if they asked me. Maurice Evans did. Joan Crawford apesifsplay The vocal cord will be eliminated by a process of evolution, as was the tail of man when he came from the ape. John Philip Sousa apestailsmen He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. He who chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties. He must use observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and when he has decided, firmness and self-control to hold to his deliberate decision. John Stuart Mill apesdecisionself He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation. John Stuart Mill apesworldneeds I mean, I'm not hoping for the apes and the monolith. I'm hoping for controlled chaos to assist us. Jon Stewart chaosapesmean I was a 'Planet of the Apes'-obsessed kid. Justin Cronin apesobsessedkids We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act. Laurence Olivier mockapes Who are we? That is the big question. And essentially we are just an upright-walking, big-brained, super-intelligent ape. Louise Leakey apesbigsintelligent The solution is not to reinvent ourselves, not to ape the Labour Party or the Liberal Democrats. Malcolm Rifkind democratapesparty Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized. Mark Rowlands apesanimalcivilization While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats. Mark Twain apescatpeople Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man. Mary McCarthy apesliteraturemen«123456»
