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All Quotes by author - Dian Fossey

" 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.' "

" Gorillas are the largest of the great apes. A mature male may be six feet tall and weigh 400 pounds or more; his enormous arms can span eight feet. "

" I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated. "

" I had a wonderful contact, especially with Uncle Bert who was an angel and led the whole group over to my side of a steep ravine I could not cross to get over to them. "

" I have no friends. "

" It is true that there comes a time when I do literally dream about McDonald's. I dream of supermarkets and drug stores, potato chips and the Sunday morning paper. "

" One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior. "

" The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow. "

" The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people. "

" When you realize the value of all life, you dwell on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future. "

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