Hippo Quotes

32 quotes by 24 authors

It looks like a miniature hippopotamus with badly-fitting panty hose all over. — Roger Caras
'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't doubt it, and today more… — Josemaria Escriva
I deeply respect American sentimentality, the way one respects a wounded hippo. You must keep an eye on it, for you know it is deadly. — Teju Cole
I'm not fighting with myself. Oh, my God. That's how I am. You know, the story of the hippo? The hippo comes to the monkey… — Marat Safin
Hungry Hungry Hippos is so depressing. You continuously chomp away at those balls and you are alone and it's your birthday.' — Thom Yorke
African cavalry mounted on rhinos or hippos would have made mincemeat of European cavalry mounted on horses. But it couldnt happen. — Jared Diamond
Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal. — George Ayittey
You can't breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence. — Joseph Conrad
We wandered the halls of an infinite magic nursing home, led by a hippo nurse with a torch. Really, just an ordinary night for the… — Rick Riordan
I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered. — Laura Mvula
The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike approach of the church to… — Derek Jarman
I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It… — Zahi Hawass
The greatest artists, saints, philosophers, and, until quite recent times, scientists... have all assumed that the New Testament promise of eternal life is valid.... I'd… — Malcolm Muggeridge
I'd say the best is when I was in Africa, I saw a hippo in a house. Someone had a pet hippo. And they're meant… — Karl Pilkington
There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud. — Carl Sandburg
And the Hippos were boiled in their tanks! — Jack Kerouac
The earth for us is a place to live in, where we must put up with sights, with sounds, with smells, too, by Jove! -… — Joseph Conrad
If you took the city of Tokyo and turned it upside down and shook it you would be amazed at the animals that fall out:… — Yann Martel
Curled up at the base of the scales, fast asleep, was the oddest monster I'd seen yet. It had the head of crocodile with a… — Rick Riordan
His lion and hippo legs twitched. I wondered if netherworld monsters dreamed of chasing rabbits. — Rick Riordan

Who Wrote These Hippo Quotes

24 authors contributed a total of 32 Hippo Quotes as follows: