Elephants Quotes

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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? — David Attenborough
Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant. — Ritchie Blackmore
We are not the only animal that mourns; apes do, and elephants, and dogs. Yet we are the only one that tortures. — Geraldine Brooks
The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics. — Madeleine Albright
We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat… — Graydon Carter
It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to what… — Graydon Carter
Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'. — Charlie Chaplin
What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you.… — John Sedgwick
The older I get, the more I see a straight path where I want to go. If you're going to hunt elephants, don't get off… — T. Boone Pickens
The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys… — Pliny the Elder
I shot a wild elephant in Africa thirty yards from me, and it didn't hit the ground until it was right at my feet. I… — Sam Snead
Suppose you came across a woman lying on the street with an elephant sitting on her chest. You notice she is short of breath. Shortness… — Sally Ride
Women and elephants never forget an injury. — Hector Hugh Munro
To be born, to live and to die is merely to change forms... And what does one form matter any more than another?... Each form… — John Dewey
Ecologically speaking, a spilt tanker load is like sticking a safety pin into an elephant's foot. The planet barely notices. After the Exxon Valdez accident… — Jeremy Clarkson
They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and have humor and… — Pat Derby
When the bull's-eye becomes as big in your mind as an elephant, you are sure to hit it. — Alejandro Jodorowsky
They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist... — John Sedgwick
A great deal of the universe does not need any explanation. Elephants, for instance. Once molecules have learnt to compete and to create other molecules… — Peter Atkins
Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is in… — Bertrand Russell

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