Crocodiles Quotes · Page 2

Crocodiles are really bold, and they do come up on land.

— Linda Kozlowski

See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile.

— Bill Haley

Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last.

— Winston Churchill

I am used to wrangling crocodiles.

— Bindi Irwin

“Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.”

— Malayan Proverb

Alligator: The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World.

— Ambrose Bierce

It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.

— Francis Bacon

“It is only safe to mock a crocodile when you have crossed the river.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Getting eaten by a giant crocodile was bad enough. The kid with the glowing sword only made my day worse.

— Rick Riordan

However long it stays in the river the tree-trunk will never turn into a crocodile.

— Ousmane Sembene

The crocodile must want to be a crocodile for reasons of the crocodile

— Louis Kahn

We can't behave like crocodiles and cry over spilled milk and broken eggs.

— Giovanni Trapattoni

I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor…

— George Chapman

Is this how you repay my goodness--with badness?” cried the boy. “Of course,” said the crocodile out of the corner of his…

— Alex Haley

Appeasement, said Winston Churchill, consists of being nice to a crocodile in the hope that he will eat you last. At the…

— John Naughton

“Upon my word,' said Dantes, 'you make me tremble. If I listen much longer to you, I shall believe the world is…

— Alexandre Dumas

Eating next to a twenty-foot-long crocodile took some getting used to, but Philip was well trained. He only ate bacon, stray waterfowl,…

— Rick Riordan

I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile…

— Zahi Hawass

I have held healthy respects of bears along with assorted crocodiles, snakes and lots of other animals. You know, bears are dangerous,…

— Bear Grylls

I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail, poisoned in the bushes, blown out on the trail; hunted like a…

— Bob Dylan

For me, it started as a child with one of those little wooden jigsaw maps of the U.S., wheres theres crocodiles on…

— Ken Jennings

Courage, so far as it is a sign of race, is peculiarly the mark of a gentleman or a lady; but it…

— John Ruskin

A lot of people who work with wildlife work with wildlife to satisfy their own egos. And I don't really agree with…

— Steve Irwin

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet. Unfortunately there are countries who are…

— Steve Irwin

“There are many rivers to cross to our successful destinations. Never fear the crocodiles. They may look frightful, but they will not…

— Israelmore Ayivor

A patient doesn't select his physical ailments. They happen to him. You could just as well ask when you are eaten by…

— Carl Jung

For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant] ... because he…

— Christiaan Barnard

[At the end of the story, its main character, Tom] is now a great man of science, and can plan railroads, and…

— Charles Kingsley

Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them hope that the…

— Winston Churchill

“As well try to organize a herd of crocodiles to pick strawberries.”

— Dave Duncan

The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more.

— Ehud Barak

Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.

— Steve Irwin

...good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling.

— Ben Aaronovitch

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing…

— Winston Churchill

The Allegator is the same, as the Crocodile, and differs only in Name.

— John Lawson

Being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep...in a giant blender.

— Homer

Today, I saw a crocodile eating a wild buffalo on Discovery. Bullshit!! We all know it's fake. Crocodiles eat Alpenliebe

— Ritu Ghatourey

“It Is The Wisdom Of Crocodiles, That Shed Tears When They Would Devour”

— Francis Bacon

Statistically there's only one crocodile-related human fatality per year in the whole of Australia.

— Steve Irwin

The crocodile cannot turn its head. Like all science, it must always go forward with all-devouring jaws.

— Pyotr Kapitsa