Elephant Quotes

268 Elephant quotes by 215 unique authors

It is in some ways more troublesome to track and swat an evasive wasp than to shoot, at close range, a wild elephant. But the… — C.S. Lewis
You are obvious, boy. You are difficult to miss. If you came to me in company with a purple lion, a green elephant, and a… — Neil Gaiman
Dear God. Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care… — Sara Gruen
On the other couch a women sits with a young boy looking through a picture book about Babar the Elephant. When I find a magazine… — James Frey
You may control a mad elephant; You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger; Ride the lion and play with the cobra;… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Will looked up angrily, shaking his head in disbelief. Will you shut up? he said tautly. Horace shrugged in apology. 'I'm sorry' he said, I… — John Flanagan
Her life was a slow realization that the world was not for her and that for whatever reason she would never be happy and honest… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to the mutilated body… — Lois Lowry
This is newness: every little tawdry Obstacle glass-wrapped and peculiar, Glinting and clinking in a saint's falsetto. Only you Don't know what to make of… — Sylvia Plath
A black shadow dropped down into the circle. It was Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up… — Rudyard Kipling
There is an Indian story -- at least I heard it as an Indian story -- about an Englishman who, having been told that the… — Clifford Geertz
Did I ever say an engagement was an elephant, madam? — Elizabeth Gaskell
I need to finish this scarf/shawl/blanket thing so I can start something for Emma- a hat, maybe, or a sweater for her stuffed elephant. — Laurie Halse Anderson
when there's an elephant in the room, you can't pretend it isn't there and just discuss the ants. — Ellen Wittlinger
He learned to live with the truth. Not to accept it, but to live with it. It was like living with an elephant. His room… — Nicole Krauss
After you're dead and buried and floating around whatever place we go to, what's going to be your best memory of earth? What one moment… — Douglas Coupland
That don't look good," Kramisha said. "Not good at all." She paused and then her eyes went from me to Heath, whose attention was so… — P. C. Cast
Don’t you want Simi to be your family?...This is the part where you say, ‘Yes, Simi, I would like to be your family.’ ‘Cause if… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I showed the grown ups my maasterpiece, andI asked them if my drawing scared them. They answered why be scared of a hat? My drawing… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Starting with a party scene for 600 cast and end up singing on top of a giant elephant...does it get any better than this? — Ewan McGregor
Don’t try to eat an elephant for lunch. — Chris Bradford
He laughed. The laugh could strip the skin off an elephant in seconds. — Lilith Saintcrow
The rider evolved to serve to the elephant. — Jonathan Haidt
And that is how Goodwin problems were always fixed. Fix them on the surface but don't go to the root, always ignoring the elephant in… — Cecelia Ahern
Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks? — Sara Gruen

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