A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
An elephant is vastly more efficient, metabolically, than a mouse. It's the same for a megacity as opposed to a village. But… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Be humble as the blade of grass that is being trodden underneath the feet. The little ant tastes joyously the sweetness of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no need for use of torture instruments such as ankush for controlling the elephants. We can do it with the… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
Once there was an elephant Who tried to use the telephant. No! no! I mean an elephone Who tried to use the… — Laura E. Richards Copy Share Image
No Child Left Behind ... is a giraffe with an elephant's body. ... You can't take the vision of Ted Kennedy and… — Steve Rauschenberger Copy Share Image
I will be doing a film called Whispers, for Disney. It's about elephants, and doesn't have any people in it. It will… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I… — Enrico Fermi Copy Share Image
The strongest animals on earth are plant eaters. Every creature we've enlisted to do the work we couldn't handle - the horse,… — Victoria Moran Copy Share Image
So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is,… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
Sybil's female forebears had valiantly backed up their husbands as distant embassies were besieged, had given birth on a camel or in… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Elephants are therefore left only the option of being afraid of little things that sneak up and surprise them. Such things include… — Stanley Bing Copy Share Image
That don't look good," Kramisha said. "Not good at all." She paused and then her eyes went from me to Heath, whose… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don’t you want Simi to be your family?...This is the part where you say, ‘Yes, Simi, I would like to be your… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
In terms of economical aspects, reinforcing those national parks with sophisticated anti-poaching patrols - these poachers are beefed up like the army.… — Veronika Varekova Copy Share Image
In my family, my fat family, none of us ever say the word 'fat.' 'Fat' is the word you hear shouted on… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
One: Don't play leapfrog with elephants. Two: Don't pet a tiger unless his tail is wagging. Three: Never, ever, mess with the… — Lauren Myracle Copy Share Image
Animals are everywhere. Some are more romantic, like tigers and elephants and chimpanzees, and some are less romantic, like earthworms, but they… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
If a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
I have family in Tanzania. I can't even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run… — Emanuel Cleaver Copy Share Image
The sad thing about destroying the environment is that we're going to take the rest of life with us. The bluebirds will… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
Even though the topic [of slavery] itself is the big, screaming elephant in the room, we still get a chance to have… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
I do not now so much as wish to have the Strength of Youth again that I wish'd in Youth for the… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
In America you have the mouse now trying to sit down on the elephant, thinking that he's going somewhere. And it's -… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay. I've heard… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Illegal killings of elephants are being linked to organized crime and the funding of armed militia groups. Many consumers in Asia do… — Li Bingbing Copy Share Image
I need to finish this scarf/shawl/blanket thing so I can start something for Emma- a hat, maybe, or a sweater for her… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose, may an elephant caress you with his toes, may your wife be plagued… — Little' Jimmy Dickens Copy Share Image
At first, I could lie about my lack of sleep and she'd fall for it, but she started suspecting insomnia when I… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
I imagine the film ["300"] as if I was a Spartan and I had never seen an immortal or a Persian, or… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
“They, who have suffered so much at the hands of humans, never lose the ability to forgive, even though, being elephants, they… — Daphne Sheldrick Copy Share Image
The Internet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhoea - massive, difficult to re-direct, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of… — Gene Spafford Copy Share Image
The elephant in the room time and time again when it comes to work and promotions is maternity leave. We need to… — Mary Portas Copy Share Image
PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Elephants can sense danger. They're able to detect an approaching tsunami or earthquake before it hits. Unfortunately, Jack did not have this… — Jennifer Richard Jacobson Copy Share Image
'The Elephant Man' was hugely enjoyable to do. I thought the one stage, when Chris Tucker did the first makeup and it… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Nothing is more important than saving ... the Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of… — James Lee Copy Share Image
'Helping industry' is the elephant pit of socialism, a deep hole with sharp spikes at the bottom, covered over with twigs and… — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
I have a spaniel that defrocked a nun last week. He took hold of the cord. I had hold of the leash.… — E. B. White Copy Share Image