Frans de Waal Quotes
If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even know what's going on. The one who stays behind may be prey.Frans de Waal
Quotes to Explore
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
Abraham Lincoln -
Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
Narendra Modi -
Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
Finley Peter Dunne -
You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
Iris Apfel -
Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting.
Jack Germond -
I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
Barbara Kruger
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I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.
Irvine Welsh -
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.
Maggie Grace -
In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.
Mal Peet -
Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
Talulah Riley -
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
H. L. Mencken
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
Carlos Ghosn -
I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
Jackie Collins -
I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.
Valerie Bertinelli -
My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.
K. Eric Drexler -
When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
Adam Jones -
Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite.
Mahavira
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I've been sent lots of lovely gifts - everything from candy and peanut butter to hand-made quilts, pictures, and clothing. I was once sent a crate of avocados. Fortunately, I love them.
Sam Heughan -
Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.
Kate Millett -
Truth does not hurt, rather, it is our resistance to its message that causes pain.
Vernon Howard -
Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
Vikas Swarup -
I majored in industrial design/painting, but haven't had time to exercise that creativity.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck -
If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even know what's going on. The one who stays behind may be prey.
Frans de Waal