Frans de Waal Quotes

Chimpanzees, typically, kiss and embrace after fights. They first make eye contact from a distance to see the mood of the others. Then they approach and kiss and embrace.

Frans de Waal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

KissEyeDistanceMoodEmbraceSee

For a sitting U.S. president to see our allies as freeloaders is nuts.

Jim Mattis

SittingPresidentNutsSeeAllies

Poor Georgia O'Keeffe. Death didn't soften the opinions of the art world toward her paintings.

Jerry Saltz

ArtDeathWorldOpinionsPoorHer

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LoveTwoLoversGodsSpectacle

Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity.

Jennifer Egan

ResilienceBelieveSelfishClarity

I have health challenges, I have life challenges, just like everyone else.

Jennifer Holliday

LifeHealthChallengesEveryoneJust

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Anatole France

GodGovernmentFreeChanceWant

The French no longer respect their language, because they no longer love themselves, and, no longer loving themselves, they no longer love what was the instrument of their glory - their language.

Maurice Druon

LoveRespectLanguageLovingGlory

Everyone without extraordinary research skills ought to be able to know what is happening inside the government, how it operates, where their tax dollars are going. Then they can make better decisions in the electoral process.

Mike Quigley

GovernmentResearchBetterDecisions

The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.

Marty Meehan

TodayCongressWashingtonWorstPale

My voice is not very dynamic.

Lou Barlow

VoiceDynamicVery

Never have lives less lived been more chronicled.

Dennis Miller

MoreNeverLivedBeenLessLives

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

Deana Carter

YourselfFearlessFeelYouPlace

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