May an elephant caress you with his toes

May the bird of paradise fly up your nose, may an elephant caress you with his toes, may your wife be plagued with runners…

— Little' Jimmy Dickens

My desire, my sincere and heartfelt desire is to rip that surprisingly sheer garment from your body, toss you onto that bed, and indeed…

— Victoria Alexander

The knife flaying the elephant does not have to be large, only sharp!

— Andre Norton

The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics.

— Madeleine Albright

Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and…

— Mira Nair

When you hear the elephant music you're hearing what they mean to make.

— Dave Soldier

I feel as if I go to Africa, I may never come back. I'm just going to live with the animals and adopt an…

— Dianna Agron

Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to the mutilated…

— Lois Lowry

when there's an elephant in the room, you can't pretend it isn't there and just discuss the ants.

— Ellen Wittlinger

The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth.

— John Dryden

No Child Left Behind ... is a giraffe with an elephant's body. ... You can't take the vision of Ted Kennedy and merge it…

— Steve Rauschenberger

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

— Cecelia Ahern

Unlike the primate hand, the elephant's grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to…

— Frans de Waal

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

— Eddie Izzard

I watched a film called 'Elephant' recently. Its not stylish in the sense of expensive suits and Italian cars, but the styling on every…

— Tinie Tempah