Elephants Quotes · Page 7

I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

— Herb Caen

What's next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology?

— Roman Jakobson

Then it is dark; it is a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains.

— John Cheever

Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants.

— Peter Senge

What is true for E. coli is also true for the elephant.

— Jacques Monod

Blow kisses to the oak trees and sparrows and elephants and weeds.

— Rob Brezsny

I do believe that the party has a bunch of elephants running around in donkey clothes.

— Al Sharpton

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.

— Jim Hightower

It's amazing how quickly human beings adapt, isn't it? It was such a great crew, and David [Lynch] was wonderful to work…

— John Hurt

China cares about its reputation and doesn't want to be known as the nation whose preferences drove the extinction of elephants.

— Wayne Pacelle

Just in case you thought elephants were all sweetness, I can attest to the fact that this one had the time of…

— James Patterson

Revitalizing General Motors is like teaching an elephant to tap dance. You find the sensitive spot and start poking.

— Ross Perot

OK, the rule is, you can [make love to] an elephant if you want to, but if you do you can't cover…

— A. M. Rosenthal

The threat of extinction is more real than many realise. And the damage done to elephants directly leads to destruction of the…

— Li Bingbing

The Arab awakening was like watching elephants fly: something you didn't expect, something you haven't seen before, "Wow, elephants fly."

— Thomas Friedman

I feel so guilty when I see orcas performing their stupid tricks in their little swimming pools, and when I see circuses…

— Sam Simon

One researcher just determined that African and Indian elephants make each other sick. When a new animal or plant is introduced to…

— Robert T. Bakker

“For the herds of wild elephants show no resentment when domesticated animals join them. They have none of that herd instinct directed…

— Lt.-Col. J. H. Williams O.B.E

I suppose if there were a part of the world in which mastodon still lived, somebody would design a new gun, and…

— Beryl Markham

“Guess who has PE first hour? This is so unfair. I start the day off perspiring like an elephant in heat. Don't…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

There's a lot of films that have relatively rigid road maps because they have a script and others that are less rigid…

— Gus Van Sant

There were times, especially when I was traveling for 'Eat, Pray, Love,' when, I swear to God, I would feel this weight…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Elephants are living treasures. Nature's gardeners. Nature's great teachers. Tragically some people don't give a damn. They prefer the dead treasure to…

— Virginia McKenna

“Servants ran to wake the young king, Tamar, already awake and watching from his balcony. Curious, naturally. Not altogether pleased. No more…

— Lloyd Alexander

“Japan and Hong Kong are steadily whittling away at the last of the elephants, turning their tusks (so much more elegant left…

— Gerald Durrell

... indeed, what reason may not go to school to the wisdom of bees, ants, and spiders? What wise hand teacheth them…

— Thomas Browne

In desperation I asked Fermi whether he was not impressed by the agreement between our calculated numbers and his measured numbers. He…

— Freeman Dyson

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

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

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

I do not mean to call an elephant a vulgar animal, but if you think about him carefully, you will find that…

— John Ruskin

[Elephants] are less agile and physically less adaptable than ourselves - Nature having developed their bodies in one direction and their brains…

— Beryl Markham

When the bull's-eye becomes as big in your mind as an elephant, you are sure to hit it.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

Education isn't everything, for a start it isn't an elephant

— Spike Milligan

Elephants can remember, but we are human beings and mercifully human beings can forget.

— Agatha Christie

It is better to own 10% of an elephant than 100% of a rat.

— Arthur Mutambara

Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.

— Saint Francis de Sales

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

— Noel Coward

Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room.

— Patricia Heaton

Mother elephants in the circus cannot help their babies, but we can,

— Edie Falco