Come down and fight,” snarled the Hyena angrily. “Thief…

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ever seen a hyena eat his kids and the way we know it for its greed?

— Chegemania

“One thing at a time,' said the Boy. 'You must be patient. This is a day of hope and wild revenge. Do not interrupt…

— Mervyn Peake

“Henpecked, the great Wyatt Earp,” Cody said. “You evidently don’t know Jessie,” Wyatt said. “If she’s in one of her tempers she’d put a…

— Larry McMurtry

HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But…

— Ambrose Bierce

You will always be a hyena.

— Arthur Rimbaud

We slander the hyena; man is the fiercest and cruelest animal.

— Henry David Thoreau

Although we followed that hyena for the best part of half an hour, we never caught up with it.

— Louis Leakey

“Guilt is the hyena that'll lunge from behind and hamstring you.”

— Shannon Hale

My father used to call me the laughing hyena.

— Phyllis Diller

“I am working on a new book about a boa constrictor and a litter of hyenas. The boa constrictor swallows the babies one by…

— E.B. White

Do let's pretend that I'm a hungry hyena, and you're a bone!

— Lewis Carroll

Had a love affair with Nina in the back of my Cortina. A seasoned up hyena, could not have been more obscener.

— Ian Dury

“Fueled by my inspiration, I ran across the room to steal the cup of coffee the bookshelf had taken prisoner. Lapping the black watery…

— Roman Payne

I am an employment hyena. I am happy to make a meal of what the lions leave behind.

— Henry Rollins