Frans de Waal Quotes

People want to work with somebody who feels shame, who worries about the perceptions of others. Dishonesty is something we don't like in others.

Frans de Waal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkPeopleWantShameDishonesty

I'm a little bit phobic about stains on my clothes, so I never travel without a little packet of organic stain remover.

John Malkovich

TravelClothesNeverWithoutLittle

If the press is to be free, the state has no role in regulating what is published.

Robert Rinder

FreeRolePressPublishedState

I don't make unconventional stories; I don't make non-linear stories. I like linear storytelling a lot.

Steven Spielberg

StorytellingMakeUnconventionalLike

People vote for the president, not the vice president. I think sometimes people that are in the veepstakes talk too much about this and certainly the media does. I don't think that it's that important.

Rob Portman

PeopleThinkMediaToo MuchVote

I went looking for dresses and realized there was a niche I could fill in the wedding dress market.

Monique Lhuillier

DressLookingWeddingDressesNiche

Opting for gold shoes could have been considered downright cocky, but I was confident and never doubted my ability to deliver gold medals to match my shimmering footwear.

Michael Johnson

ShoesGoldConfidentCockyNever

I took business classes as a back up but I made movies all the time. I would get my classes done in two days and then spend the rest of the time making my movies.

Dennis Muren

BusinessTimeRestBackDoneMovies

Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.

Donna Karan

HeartSoulBodyMatterEverything

And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power.

DeForest Soaries

PowerPeopleLittleStayVeryThem

When I shake someone's hand, I apply the lightest pressure on their wrist with my index and middle fingers and lead them across my body to my left. The cross-body lead is actually a move from salsa dancing. I'm finding out what kind of a partner they're going to be, and I know that if they follow my lead, I can do whatever I want with them.

Apollo Robbins

PartnerPressureSomeoneBodyI Can

There is still an element of the BBC that feels it is somehow wrong, or it will be open to criticism, if it makes more money.

Armando Iannucci

MoneyCriticismWrongWillMore

I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe.

Alice Walker

NatureAgeWoodsUniverseChurch

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