Elephants Quotes

364 Elephants quotes by 293 unique authors

Unlike the primate hand, the elephant's grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to sniff… — Frans de Waal
I feel like a carton of eggs holding up an elephant. — Sherman Alexie
But what humans forget, cells remember. The body, that elephant — Jeffrey Eugenides
A capacity for inferiority in the growing adult is threatened by the temptation by squander that capacity ruthlessly, to revel in hallowness. The syndrom especially… — Gregory Maguire
When thereâ€™s an elephant in the room introduce him. — Randy Pausch
The Enemy wants to bring the man to a state of mind in which he could design the best cathedral in the world, and know… — C.S. Lewis
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
Then it is dark; it is a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains. — John Cheever
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
We came here for a small, informal meeting. We find you've turned it into a circus. Well, if you're going to have a circus, you've… — Robert A. Heinlein
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
A man would rather be trampled by elephants on fire than tell you he's just not that into you. — Greg Behrendt
I look after those who look after me." He smacks his lips, stares at me, and adds, "I also look after those who don't." -… — Sara Gruen
Mythologically speaking, if there's anything I hate worse than trios of old ladies, it's bulls. Last summer, I fought the Minotaur on top of Half-Blood… — Rick Riordan
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

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