Frans de Waal Quotes

Male chimpanzees have an extraordinarily strong drive for dominance. They're constantly jockeying for position.

Frans de Waal

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DriveStrongPositionConstantly

I wanted to be an actor because I wanted to be onstage. I wanted to do musical theater, and from that I realized I was interested in plays. I never imagined myself on television. I was so lucky to be onstage my whole life.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

LifeMyselfTelevisionActorLucky

Obviously you can stash money under your mattress, cut down on hazelnut lattes, but in terms of the larger economic frame of our lives, we have very little agency. About one of the only things you can do is understand it.

John Lanchester

MoneyYouDownUnderstandFrameCut

Unplanned pregnancy is an equal-opportunity affliction.

Ann McLane Kuster

PregnancyAffliction

To me, nothing beats McDonalds and a scary movie at home.

Mikaela Hoover

HomeMeNothingScaryMovieBeats

It's very clear to users, more clear than in other apps, that Foursquare is an app for search and discovery, and we're very good at delivering you a social map that will show you friends' faces on the map and things that you might like.

Dennis Crowley

GoodSearchFriendsYouDiscovery

While many hackers have the knowledge, skills, and tools to attack computer systems, they generally lack the motivation to cause violence or severe economic or social harm.

Dorothy Denning

KnowledgeMotivationToolsViolence

Turning 50 can be difficult, sometimes dangerous, for women. The danger is in that blip that can come from the fact that you become invisible, and if you're not careful and don't embrace that, it can trip you up and you lose confidence.

Dawn French

ConfidenceWomenYouLoseDangerous

My intention was to create something that people loved to look at and they could find inspiration from, and that was it.

Chiara Ferragni

PeopleLovedLookIntentionCreate

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Chuck Klosterman

GoodLiarAlwaysEverythingHonest

I'm not the monthly comic guy, and I never really have been.

Brian Azzarello

NeverGuyBeenComicReallyMonthly

I don't care whether the people believe me to be a prophet, seer, or revelator or not - I have been very profitable to this people, and I have seen a good many things, and I have revealed many things.

Brigham Young

GoodPeopleMeBelieveCareThings

Apathy in general; people who are not standing up for what they believe in because somebody's got a louder mouth than them; it doesn't make any sense.

Avan Jogia

PeopleBelieveMouthApathyUpGot

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