During his fifteen years in Italy, Hannibal never had enough elephants to suit him. Most of the original group succumbed to the… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
I'm moved by us, our quirks and mistakes. I find inspiration in everything from a piece of art to the hem of… — Idara Victor Copy Share Image
“If the shrike did not eat the grasshoppers, then the grasshoppers would eat all the grass, and there would be none left… — Eric Dinerstein Copy Share Image
In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the [3.6 million year old]… — John Reader Copy Share Image
Elephants, it turns out, are surprisingly stealthy. As the sunlight fades, other species declare their presence. Throngs of zebras and wildebeests thunder… — Thomas French Copy Share Image
Animals are indeed more ancient, more complex and in many ways more sophisticated than us. They are more perfect because they remain… — Daphne Sheldrick Copy Share Image
Most people know that forests are the lungs of our planet, literally playing a critical role in every breath we take. And… — Chris Noth Copy Share Image
On the other couch a women sits with a young boy looking through a picture book about Babar the Elephant. When I… — James Frey Copy Share Image
When children see animals in a circus, they learn that animals exist for our amusement. Quite apart from the cruelty involved in… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The law of nature gives a man the right to defend himself when he's attacked. And God's law itself gives a man… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
It is absurd for a man to kill an elephant. It is not brutal, it is not heroic, and certainly it is… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
For me to put a look together, if it's going to be a boy look or a girl look or whatever, is… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
Ignorant have always the tendency to see the donkey as the noble horse, to see the pig as the lion! Ignore the… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I can watch elephants (and elephants alone) for hours at a time, for sooner or later the elephant will do something very… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
Once we ask why it should be that all human beings - including infants, the intellectually disabled, criminal psychopaths, Hitler, Stalin, and… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
[Elephants] are less agile and physically less adaptable than ourselves - Nature having developed their bodies in one direction and their brains… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
If you were to go to the National Museum in Addis Ababa, you would walk into a huge room filled with literally… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed staying at an encampment at the top of a hill in the Samburu Reserve in Kenya. You reach it… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
I do not mean to call an elephant a vulgar animal, but if you think about him carefully, you will find that… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Onyx is angry," Damian says. "Onyx has a right to be angry. You've got to remember, for many elephants, their life is… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
... where do they go when they die? We hear of the elephant graveyards, where the elephants go to die, but how… — Sophy Burnham Copy Share Image
To be born, to live and to die is merely to change forms... And what does one form matter any more than… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
“Elephants also have the necessary neural anatomy for long-term memories—their brains have especially large and complex frontal lobes, which are important for… — Virginia Morell Copy Share Image
People of conscience in our leadership in Washington have been scared off by the right and the fossil fuel lobbies. They won't… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
In desperation I asked Fermi whether he was not impressed by the agreement between our calculated numbers and his measured numbers. He… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to move yourself up bit by bit. It's like trying to eat an elephant for God's sake. I can… — Colin Montgomerie Copy Share Image
You can see the rider serving the elephant when people are morally dumbfounded. They have strong gut feelings about what is right… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Either we have an immortal soul, or we have not. If we have not, we are beasts,--the first and the wisest of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
If you've got a great crew it's intense, but its quite short. 'The Elephant Man' was longer than most, for an independent… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I don't have an idea for a play until after I've finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
Ecologically speaking, a spilt tanker load is like sticking a safety pin into an elephant's foot. The planet barely notices. After the… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
General, your tank is a powerful vehicle It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
“Ew.' 'Yeah,' Claire said. 'I need a shower.' 'I don't think a shower's going to cut it. Maybe fire hoses, and those… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
The Enemy wants to bring the man to a state of mind in which he could design the best cathedral in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At noon I feel as though I could devour all the elephants of Hindostan, and then pick my teeth with the spire… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
![“In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the [3.6 million year old] fossil footprints were eventually noticed one evening in September 1976 by the paleontologist Andrew Hill, who fell while avoiding a ball of elephant dung hurled at…” quote by John Reader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8f1/john-reader-69848_andrew_in-a-manner-which-matches-the-fortuity-i_2220459.jpg)
![“[Elephants] are less agile and physically less adaptable than ourselves - Nature having developed their bodies in one direction and their brains in another, while human beings, on the other hand, drew from Mr. Darwin's lottery of evolution both the winning ticket and the stub to match it. This, I…” quote by Beryl Markham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d26/beryl-markham-6709_adaptable_elephants-are-less-agile-and-physically_1121802.jpg)
