Frans de Waal Quotes

The intuitive connection children feel with animals can be a tremendous source of joy. The unconditional love received from pets, and the lack of artifice in the relationship, contrast sharply with the much trickier dealings with members of their own species.

Frans de Waal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: October 29, 1948

Topics

LoveRelationshipChildrenJoyFeel

In school, I really felt like I didn't fit a type. I think everybody had a hard time putting me in a category. They all sort of realized, 'Hmm, you don't really look like a soprano. You're not really a character belter.'

Jessie Mueller

CharacterTimeSchoolMeThinkLook

Writing is so humbling; there's no confidence involved.

Jhumpa Lahiri

ConfidenceWritingInvolvedHumbling

I liked being one of the fastest guys on the field.

Jesse Lee Soffer

BeingFieldLikedGuysFastest

I'm see-through. And I'm the worst liar of all time.

Jessica Simpson

TimeLiarWorst

My mother was largely a housewife until she and my father were divorced. No one in the family read for pleasure - it was a very unintellectual household - but my mother did read to us when we were little, and that's how I started to read.

Andrea Barrett

FamilyFatherMotherShePleasure

There's no need for me to get married. I live with someone; we're happy; end of story.

Simon Cowell

LiveHappyMeStoryEndSomeone

I talk a lot about justice. I'm about it. I'm also about civil disobedience.

Travis Kalanick

JusticeTalkDisobedienceCivilLot

I'm not a media darling. I'm forever the outsider, for whatever the reason is.

Russell Peters

MediaReasonWhateverOutsider

I haven't accomplished everything that I want to yet in my career, that's why I'm still playing. I just know that I still have something left inside of me to accomplish, and I don't know exactly what that is. Hopefully, I'll know one day soon.

Mary Pierce

DayMeAccomplishCareerKnowWant

I wasn't always such a great fan of Shakespeare, mind you. I can guess we all at one time had it rammed down our necks at school, which tends to take the edge off it.

Christopher Eccleston

GreatTimeSchoolMindYouDown

As tragic as Benghazi was, its importance pales next to killing Osama bin Laden.

Bob Beckel

NextTragicImportanceBinBenghazi

Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

LifeTrustChildGiftLife Is A

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