Donkey Quotes
137 Donkey quotes by 121 unique authors
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The swelling and towering omnibuses, the huge trucks and wagons and carriages, the impetuous hansoms and the more sobered four-wheelers, the pony-carts, donkey-carts, hand-carts, and…
— William Dean Howells
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It was fun to blow off a Porsche with a 3900 donkey [the 1965 Shelby GT350 Mustang].
— Carroll Shelby
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Dangling a carrot in front of a donkey—or anyone else for that matter—is not nice, and not fair, unless you eventually plan to give it…
— Vera Nazarian
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The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more…
— Clifford Geertz
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When I read things like the foundations of capitalism are shattering, I'm like, maybe we need that. Maybe we need some time where we're walking…
— Louis C. K.
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It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.
— Jim Hightower
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God is not troubled by one who is conservative or liberal, and He certainly never inclines His ear toward a donkey or an elephant.
— Max Lucado
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I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey.
— Tatiana Maslany
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If Jesus were here today, he wouldn't be riding around on a donkey. He'd be taking a plane, he'd be using the media.
— Joel Osteen
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My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I'm tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty…
— Gordon Ramsay
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When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys.
— Mitt Romney
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It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where…
— Al Sharpton
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There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.
— Emma Thompson
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The mouse is a fair treat but this one would talk the hind legs off a donkey.
— C.S. Lewis
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...even the donkeys were quiet.
— Christopher Paolini
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What matters school? We can go to school to-morrow. Whether we have a lesson more or a lesson less, we shall always remain the same…
— Carlo Collodi
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All male friendships are essentially quixotic: they last only so long as each man is willing to polish the shaving-bowl helmet, climb on his donkey,…
— Michael Chabon
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The old grey donkey, Eeyore stood by himself in a thistly corner of the Forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side,…
— A A Milne
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It is now your duty to hone that talent, because a person who wastes his God-given talents is a donkey.
— Khaled Hosseini
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A Vampire!" I stammered. Then I noticed her legs. Below the cheerleader skirt, her left leg was brown and shaggy with a donkey's hoof. Her…
— Rick Riordan
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Instead of learned young people we have donkeys with University degrees. Instead of future leaders we have mollusks with expensive blue jeans and phony revolutionaries…
— Oriana Fallaci
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Safety from what? Who's after me?" Oh, nobody much," Grover said, obviously still miffed about the donkey comment. "Just the Lord of the Dead and…
— Rick Riordan
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Never take advice from a donkey.
— Bryce Courtenay
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Note to self on waking. Lay off the beer on an empty stomach. This dream is even more screwed up than the time I had…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can’t play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
Who Wrote These Donkey Quotes
121 authors contributed a total of 137 Donkey Quotes, led by these top contributors: