Frans de Waal Quotes

Unlike the primate hand, the elephant's grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to sniff and touch it. With their unparalleled sense of smell, the animals know exactly what they are going for. Vision is secondary.

Frans de Waal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I revisit old favorites like 'Buffy' and 'Battlestar Galactica' when I'm bored. I am obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love TV.

Jessica Valenti

LoveI AmOldBoredLikeScandal

Usually, historically, nothing good comes out of relationships becoming more complicated!

Jeremy Podeswa

GoodComplicatedRelationshipsMore

There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program.

Megan Smith

ScienceGenderClassComputer Science

You can quit smoking and lose weight at the same time.

Mel Robbins

TimeSmokingYouLoseQuitSame

A poor logo doesn't mean a business will fail, and a good logo doesn't mean it will succeed - it just helps. Ultimately a good logo is something that people recognize instantly and relate to.

Matt Mickiewicz

GoodBusinessPeopleSucceedPoor

For you, it's a silent movie. For us, it's a talking movie because we had lines on set. There's a lot of noise on set and music. We spoke in English, in French, in gibberish, but it was very alive. The challenge was tap dancing.

Jean Dujardin

MusicChallengeTalkingYouAlive

In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.

Michael Caine

GoodMoneyTryingBadEarlyKnow

My first district was Northwest Iowa. In 2002, it became North Central Iowa hooking around Des Moines down to the south, clear up to the northeast corner of the state.

Tom Latham

DownFirstCornerUpClearIowa

What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.

Rod Stewart

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My company, Ballet Beautiful, is built around celebrating the strength and femininity of the female body - for me, pregnancy has just been an extension of that.

Mary Helen Bowers

StrengthBeautifulMeBodyCompany

I definitely look at my body and I go: 'Yuck.'

Louis C. K.

BodyLookGoDefinitely

If you write a book that's as powerful and successful as 'Bastard,' there's a strong desire to prove there's something else.

Dorothy Allison

BookStrongYouPowerfulDesire

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