Frans de Waal Quotes

Very long ago our ancestors had moral systems. Our current institutions are only a couple of thousand years old, which is really not old in the eyes of a biologist.

Frans de Waal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I think if somebody commits to somebody by asking a woman to marry you, you should keep that commitment.

Joanna Krupa

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While some people are certainly seeing economic benefits, many others are unemployed, underemployed, without health insurance and struggling to make ends meet.

Jerry Costello

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I think the UFC does a pretty good job of backing me.

Max Holloway

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I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective show ever made.

Maureen Johnson

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Guys pit female rappers against each other because female rappers - if you haven't noticed of late - are a lot more interesting than guys.

Angel Haze

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A lot of stand-up comedians are actually very insecure, and they come on slightly battling the audience. They want to be the superior person in the room, sneering at the world. That can be very funny. But to me, what's more interesting is that the world is on my shoulders, and it's pushing me down.

Stephen Merchant

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If there is a Swedish style, I cannot identify it.

Stefan Persson

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I get offered work these days.

Sidney Poitier

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Someone's going to be able to take good care of my sister. She knows how to be taken care of.

Trai Byers

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I am fearful, or suspicious, of generalizations... They cannot guide me reliably in making decisions about particular individuals.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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There are terrible, terrible memories of September 11th, things that I saw, people that I lost, the devastation, the identification of bodies. I mean, all these memories come back to you at different times. And then the other side of it this tremendous response with the firefighters and the police officers saving people, the rescue workers.

Rudy Giuliani

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I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

Martina Navratilova

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