Zoo Quotes

174 Zoo quotes by 150 unique authors

If you wait until you got time to write a novel, or time to write a story, or time to read the hundred thousands of… — Harry Crews
Instead of answering her as soon as he saw her hair grow electric, her face more vivid, her eyes like lightning, her body restless and… — Anais Nin
Your own space, man, it's so important. That's why we were doomed because we didn't have any. It is like monkeys in a zoo. They… — George Harrison
A good zoo," Stella said, "is a large domain. A wild cage. A safe place to be. It has room to roam and humans who… — Katherine Applegate
The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison. — Nadine Gordimer
...if you fall into a lion's pit, the reason the lion will tear you to pieces is not because it's hungry-be assured, zoo animals are… — Yann Martel
What's one more meaningless act of violence on that zoo of a planet? It would be appropriate. When in Rome; burn it. — Iain Banks
They used to have a smoking section at most airports. No more. They now have these glass-encased rooms. You're not just a smoker, you're an… — Marc Maron
I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo. — Axl Rose
Though not a natural world by any means, more like a collection of living dioramas, a zoo exists in its own time zone, somewhere between… — Diane Ackerman
The Elgin Marbles were supposed to be on the Parthenon. For many works of art, a museum is an artificial setting - a zoo, not… — Virginia Postrel
When I was 7 and went to the zoo with my second-grade class, I saw chimpanzee eyes for the first time - the eyes of… — Octavia Butler
When I was in college, the first thing we did in acting class was to observe an animal at the zoo and become that animal.… — Claire Coffee
Ageing is very rare. We only see it in humans and laboratory animals and in zoo animals and in our pets. Basically, organisms that are… — S. Jay Olshansky
Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit. — Tracy Morgan
There was this lynx at a zoo that was called Tove, and that I totally fell in love with. It was my dear godmother who… — Tove Lo
Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo. — Desmond Morris
A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot… — Igor Stravinsky
Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type. — Jim Fowler
I got access to a private tour of the zoo. I got to go in a cage with a koala, which I highly recommend. — Todd Barry
My mom once lost track of me at the zoo and when she found me I was lecturing a man about the difference between dromedary… — Patrick Rothfuss
I love animals, and I was always attracted to the idea of being a zoo veterinarian or a veterinarian with the circus. — Kay Redfield Jamison
So one day as a kid I was at the local Zoo. I was bored and kept pestering my Dad to go and play. Eventually… — Robert Paul
He was very concerned about his children potentially being kidnapped or attached, and that's why they were covered up. When he went to Berlin zoo,… — Martin Bashir
Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor, and shun the zoo, Women and elephants never forget. — Dorothy Parker

Who Wrote These Zoo Quotes

150 authors contributed a total of 174 Zoo Quotes, led by these top contributors: