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Quotes About Tarzan

As a child I was attracted to Tarzan and everything that had to do with jungles. It seemed to me -- and this is in retrospect -- that there was something primal, something right about it. Tarzan represented a pure being, somehow before the fall.
~ Unknown
I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother Bear score side of things, I've brought into the new Tarzan songs. Thinking outside just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.
~ Phil Collins
When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.
~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.
~ Ralph Bakshi
The natives knew better than to screw around with Tarzan. He was one bad dude. Lions, rhinos, just him and his knife. Great penthouse and elevator. Wouldnt last long in Brooklyn. Busted for indecent exposure. Me Tarzan you Judge. That is absolutely correct, and you are going to do sixty days. Try dressing as Beau Brummel the next time. Next case!
~ Unknown
George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He's a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that?
~ Brendan Fraser
One particularly successful swimmer was Johnny Weismuller, an American (with Austro-Hungarian ancestry) who won five gold medals over the course of the 1924 and 1928 games. When his sporting career came to an end, he went into acting and starred as Tarzan in twelve films. In 1958 Weismuller was playing a round of golf on the island of Cuba when a small band of rebels attempted to kidnap him. He scared them off by loudly making the Tarzan yell.
~ Jack Goldstein
Only Tarzan managed to escape judgment, since he escaped from the courtroom during a brawl.
~ Unknown
A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.
~ Ronald Reagan
Il a sauté dans un bosquet de fleurs sauvages. J'ai mis mes mains en cornet devant ma bouche, comme Tarzan, le roi de la jungle.
~ Michel Tremblay
Last night I had a dream. When I got to Africa, I had one hell of a rumble. I had to beat Tarzan's behind first, for claiming to be King of the Jungle.
~ Muhammad Ali