Frans de Waal Quotes

The fact that the apes exist and that we can study them is extremely important and makes us reflect on ourselves and our human nature. In that sense alone, you need to protect the apes.

Frans de Waal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NatureAloneHuman NatureYouNeed

I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. And I thank God that President Bush has stated, we need a Constitutional amendment that states that marriage is between a man and a woman.

Jimmy Swaggart

MarriageGodWomanManThank God

The markets where we've got real good presence are the older, more mature markets like Australia, and Western Europe - where we've only got 6,000 stores, compared to the US with 13,000.

Jim Cantalupo

GoodAustraliaMatureMoreRealUs

Traveling anywhere in the world involves some risk. You could always opt to spend your life cowering under your bed.

Joe Haldeman

LifeWorldYouBedRiskAlways

I definitely love the smoky eye, and when I do that, I like to do a nude lip so it draws attention to your eyes.

Jessica Lowndes

LoveEyesEyeAttentionYourSmoky

During one period while I was in solitary, I memorized the names of all 335 of the men who were then prisoners of war in North Vietnam. I can still remember them.

John McCain

MenWarRememberI CanNamesStill

Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.

Max Beerbohm

PeopleBornLiftGoldenBallsHeavy

If you want to be a leader whom people follow with absolute conviction, you have to be a likable leader. Tyrants and curmudgeons with brilliant vision can command a reluctant following for a time, but it never lasts. They burn people out before they ever get to see what anyone is truly capable of.

Travis Bradberry

LeaderVisionTimePeopleYouBurn

Single matches, I feel, have always been the ones where I can shine more. Three-way, four-way, you have to split your attention with some other guys, and it can be totally great, but when you get into a battle royal with 20 or 30 other guys, it's just so different from what your agenda is when it's one on one competition.

Rob Van Dam

GreatCompetitionShineBattleYou

We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But the main reason we do foreign assistance is we do it in the American national interest.

Roger Wicker

AmericanReasonInterestHumanitarian

The ability to workshop in stand-up comedy is incomparable to any art form, in my opinion.

Mike Birbiglia

ArtOpinionComedyAbilityWorkshop

If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor', I beg you to slap me.

Johnny Depp

I AmMeSayingYouSeriousActor

It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured.

Colin Powell

PeopleWhoDisgraceMillions

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