Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis. ' When I get back to civilization I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me. '
. . . They paid some madman who thought he was a decorator a lot of money to make the place look hip and unique. May be it's my lack of fashion sense talking, but I thought they should have held out for one of those gorillas who has learned to paint. The results would have been of similar quality, and they could have paid in fresh produce. - Harry Dresden, Small Favor, Jim Butcher
Social Security's not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you've got to put all of it on the table.
No wonder circus animals do what they do: They tortured them. And you know the only ones they can't control? It's the chimpanzees. You can't control them. That's why you never see a gorilla in a movie, because the gorilla may decide there'll be no filming.
I came face-to-face with a gorilla which was quite good, but it was a 10-hour trek in bad weather, up hills, covered in mud, with mosquitoes everywhere and when we got there the gorilla's just sat there doing nowt.
I don't know if any genuine meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a gorilla.
Worrying about a large institution, especially when it has computers, is like worrying about a large gorilla, especially when it's on fire.
Its important to remember that we evolved. Now, I know thats a dirty word for some people, but we evolved from common ancestors with the gorillas, the chimpanzee and also the bonobos. We have a common past, and we have a common future.
Put another way, the chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but humans.
The need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla.
I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla.
I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
Here's where I ask why don't you spend your time doing something safer and more boring. Like maybe administering suppositories to rabid gorillas.
In Africa, you know, if you're poor, at least you can go to the forest and share some mangoes with the gorillas and monkey.
Recent discoveries about apes suggest, however, that a gorilla or common chimp stands at least as good a chance being murdered as the average human.
five severed fingers do not make a hand
When it comes to global warming, coal is the gorilla in the room.
I think what's going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat in London any day you want it.
Did you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly, and left to die? When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, 'Where is that marvelous ape?'
The 800 pound gorilla just entered the blogosphere, with Google launching its blog search.
