Elephant Quotes · Page 6

When the elephant decides to walk through the village, all the dogs come out and bark.

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

I'm like an elephant, ok? If I walk into a room, it's like, OK, he's in there.

— Aziz Ansari

The United States should not jump around like an elephant frightened by a mouse.

— George F. Kennan

An elephant funeral makes me weep every time, and so does an ad with a kid leaving home for college.

— Andrew Sean Greer

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Thy impudence has a monstrous beauty, like the hindquarters of an elephant.”

— James Elroy Flecker

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

— John Donne

If you've never seen an elephant ski, then you've never been on acid.

— Eddie Izzard

How many African American champions have there been over the course of WWE's history? It's something that was the elephant in the…

— Kofi Kingston

My wife and I, we started a foundation about companion animal rescue, but there's a group called Performing Animal Welfare Society just…

— Tony La Russa

I don't know how many lions and leopards I've shot. I've shot two elephants, which was enough - never again. It's a…

— Wilbur Smith

We always do a white elephant gift exchange on Christmas Eve, but my mom always gets really nice gifts for it. And…

— Lacey Chabert

I think my approach is best summarised with the colloquial elephant in the room. These elephants are everywhere, but people pretend they…

— Hito Steyerl

In the central Indian state of Orissa, mining has scarred the landscape, and it is already too late to secure most of…

— Mark Shand

I'm extremely excited and honoured to be given the opportunity to take on the portrayal of Joseph Merrick in the BBC's adaption…

— Charlie Heaton

I don't like the idea that I'm a one-trick pony, even if I am! No matter what else I do, I have…

— Kevin Parker

Animals are indeed more ancient, more complex and in many ways more sophisticated than us. They are more perfect because they remain…

— Daphne Sheldrick

And that is how Goodwin problems were always fixed. Fix them on the surface but don't go to the root, always ignoring…

— Cecelia Ahern

“After that day when I saw the elephant, I let myself see more and believe more. It was a game I played…

— Nicole Krauss

I saw a dead elephant in one of Kenya's natural reserves. Around her were footprints of her baby elephant. This was just…

— Li Bingbing

“Carl walked around the room studying the art hanging on the walls. Seriously, the elephant in Mexico had more talent.”

— Christie Craig

Oh, it's you," Curran's voice said quietly. "I thought it was an elephant.

— Ilona Andrews

“You have heard the old question, "How do you eat an elephant?" The answer is "One bite at a time!" How”

— Brian Tracy

I'm just getting settled as a responsible man - but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine.

— Tom Hardy

Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.

— Saint Francis de Sales

Q: What's the difference between a tweaker and an elephant? A: The elephant will eat all your peanut butter.

— Bucky Sinister

For shame, doc. Hunting rabbits with an elephant gun. Why don't you shoot yourself an elephant?

— Bugs Bunny

Word to Muhammad, that triple beam is heaven-sent. Riding through the jungles in that muthafuckin' elephant.

— The Game

“if you want an economic chart that stops you from sleeping you should start with the elephant.”

— Edward Luce

Seriously, a smaller, leaner, cleaner, tuskless and more secretive elephant is exactly what is needed. It definitely would live longer.

— Lyall Watson

My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere.

— Steven Wright

Not every ant which stays under the elephant's foot dies; the most powerful cannot always kill the weakest!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“When I said I wanted to die in my sleep, I meant I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while…

— Roger Zelazny

When there is an invisible elephant in the room, one is from time to time bound to trip over a trunk.

— Karen Joy Fowler

I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school.

— Anthony Hopkins

“One thing that man HAS learned from history, is how to kill (animals) more efficiently.”

— Diane van der Westhuizen

My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Elephant Man - the name given to Joseph Merrick - was the moniker that haunted my childhood.

— Adam Pearson

“I'm sorry I didn't know it was an elephant; I thought it was part of the furniture! ”

— Stephen King

“Even when the elephant leaves the room, there is a massive amount of dung.”

— Wyatt Pringle Jr