Zoo Quotes

174 Zoo quotes by 150 unique authors

Greta Garbo: A deer in the body of a woman, living resentfully in the Hollywood zoo. — Clare Boothe Luce
In 1986, our commencement speaker was George Schultz, secretary of state, fourth in line to the president. You get me-basic cable's second most popular fake… — Stephen Colbert
They can't expect anyone to actually pay for a shirt that says, 'I (picture of an elephant) the San Diego Zoo.' What does that even… — Adam Rex
Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo. — Ogden Nash
If you want to understand how a lion hunts, don't go to the zoo. Go to the jungle. — Jim Stengel
I think the monkeys at the zoo should have to wear sunglasses so they can't hypnotize you. — Jack Handey
This is an extremely foolish and stupid and idiotic kind of attitude - to expect theatres to make money. Do the public schools make money?… — Unknown Author
People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people laugh. — Lorne Michaels
Reverse petting zoo. You pet the animals, and they pet you back. — Andy Biersack
Surely one zoo in the world should have the courage to draw the ultimate conclusion about our ancestry? A cage with Homo Sapiens in all… — Cees Nooteboom
The problem with the alphabet is that it bears no relation to anything at all, and when words are arranged alphabetically they are uselessly separated.… — Mark Forsyth
We don't understand the power of nature and the world because we don't live with it. Our environment is designed to sustain us. We are… — Laurence Gonzales
The zoo cannot but disappoint. — John Berger
The only creature on earth whose natural habitat is a zoo is the zookeeper. — Robert Breault
As you may know, some of the stereotyped behaviors exhibited by autistic children are also found in zoo animals who are raised in a barren… — Temple Grandin
[My] excursions provided a unique opportunity for observing [the gorillas' behavior] in their natural habitat... Then, all too soon, the infants were demanded for their… — Dian Fossey
I'm not going to / let a little thing like the world stand in my way. / Why should I? I understand it / as… — Matthew Dickman
A good way to lose weight is to put salt on your ass and go to a petting zoo. But stay away from goats because… — Gary Busey
So, not only am I panicking over the weekend if I need to know my lines, but also if can I get the kids to… — Hunter Tylo
A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street any more without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an… — Igor Stravinsky
The zoo is a prison for animals who have been sentenced without trial and I feel guilty because I do nothing about it. I wanted… — Russell Hoban
Each living art object, taken out of its native habitat so we can conveniently gaze at it, is like an animal in a zoo. Something… — Daniel J. Boorstin
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 love zoo sanctuaries. — Nancy Travis
Civilization today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. It looks like the monkeys are about to… — Vance Havner

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