Elephant Quotes

268 Elephant quotes by 215 unique authors

When millions of tons of angry elephant come spinning through the sky, and there was no one there to hear it, does it - philosopically… — Terry Pratchett
With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk. — John von Neumann
When I was four I read the story of horton hears a who and I cried. I wanted to eat that elephant. — Thom Yorke
I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child and The Jungle Book. Deep down, I've… — Michael Morpurgo
As the elephant is powerless to think in the terms of the ant, in spite of the best intentions in the world, even so is… — Mahatma Gandhi
This man, lady, hath robb'd many beasts of their particular additions: he is as valiant as a lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the… — William Shakespeare
If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than… — Gautama Buddha
As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse. — Gautama Buddha
Of all footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditations, that on death is supreme. — Gautama Buddha
We have all seen these circus elephants complete with tusks, ivory in their head and thick skins, who move around the circus ring and grab… — John F. Kennedy
I still think I'm fat. Right now I'm worrying about how I'm going to lose weight after the pregnancy. I feel like an elephant, but… — Lily Allen
You can see the rider serving the elephant when people are morally dumbfounded. They have strong gut feelings about what is right and wrong, and… — Jonathan Haidt
The mind is divided, like a rider on an elephant, and the rider’s job is to serve the elephant. The rider is our conscious reasoning-the… — Jonathan Haidt
...the elephant smoked too much. — Victor Borge
In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim. — John Owen
Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's… — Jack Handey
The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but… — Shane Claiborne
I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant and with five I can make him… — Enrico Fermi
He who mounts a wild elephant goes where the elephant goes. — Randolph Bourne
It's one thing to be helpless as one tries to lace a corset or to mount an elephant, quite another to be helpless as a… — John Speed
I suppose if there were a part of the world in which mastodon still lived, somebody would design a new gun, and men, in their… — Beryl Markham
It is absurd for a man to kill an elephant. It is not brutal, it is not heroic, and certainly it is not easy; it… — Beryl Markham
The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change. — Seth MacFarlane
They say that vegetable food is not sufficiently nutritious. But chemistry proves the contrary. So does physiology. So does experience....And again: the largest and strongest… — Unknown Author
Our elders say that an elephant does not find its own trunk heavy. — Unknown Author

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