Elephants Quotes

364 Elephants quotes by 293 unique authors

One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
At noon I feel as though I could devour all the elephants of Hindostan, and then pick my teeth with the spire of Strasburg cathedral;… — Heinrich Heine
I have been called a Rogue Elephant, a Cannibal Shark, and a crocodile. I am none the worse. I remain a caged, and rather sardonic,… — Wyndham Lewis
I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures… — Thomas Browne
I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met. — Herb Caen
Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess… — Clarence Day
Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he needs the bones of the Elephant… — Frank Zappa
The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. And now people have moved into the… — Richard Leakey
Most people know that forests are the lungs of our planet, literally playing a critical role in every breath we take. And that they're also… — Chris Noth
But as the work proceeded I was continually reminded of the fable about the elephant and the tortoise. Having constructed an elephant upon which the… — Bertrand Russell
Whereas all humans have approximately the same life expectancy the life expectancy of stars varies as much as from that of a butterfly to that… — George Gamow
But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome. — Isabella Rossellini
I couldn't hit an elephant's ass with a bull fiddle. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias
The reason I know about 'Tomb Raider' is from when I was researching 'Elephant.' It was 1999, and I was trying to research the Columbine-massacre… — Gus Van Sant
Yeah, Kubrick's a big influence. In something like 'A Clockwork Orange,' he is trying to use the practical light - I mean, at least he… — Gus Van Sant
I have family in Tanzania. I can't even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run across the road… — Emanuel Cleaver
Elephants are contagious. — Paul Eluard
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose, may an elephant caress you with his toes, may your wife be plagued with runners in… — Unknown Author
Blow kisses to the oak trees and sparrows and elephants and weeds. — Rob Brezsny
You can eat an elephant one bit at a time. — Mary Kay Ash

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