Between roars the lion purrs.

She'd read once that if you ran into a bear in the woods you should avoid eye contact and you shouldn't run away, but…

— Anne Ursu

“When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog.”

— Oscar Auliq-Ice

“(Quoting her friend Tom Black on an amateur hunter's injury:) "Lion, rifles -- and stupidity.”

— Beryl Markham

My first name was inspired by the character of Aslan, the lion in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia.

— Aselin Debison

I'm in 'Madagascar 2.' I'm Testy the Lion. The franchise moves to Africa, and Bernie Mac is also in the film. I loved working…

— Tom Lister, Jr

Throw me to the wolfs and I will return leading the pack

— Any

“Just like a kitten pretending to be a lion.”

— Kiki Hamilton

Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.

— Charles de Gaulle

The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear…

— Victor Hugo

When a captive lion steps out of his cage, he comes into a wider world than the lion who has known only the wilds.…

— Yukio Mishima

“How much does an elephant weigh? ”

— Rhonda Patton

After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions.

— Bert Lahr

Until the lion learns to speak, the tales of hunting will be weak.

— K'naan

“An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar. It's about dignity and self-esteem, which isn't quite the same as vanity.”

— Jeffrey Zaslow