Zoos Quotes

135 quotes by 118 authors

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
If I had my way... there wouldn't be a single lion or tiger in captivity anywhere in the world. They never take to it. They're… — Hugh Lofting
[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
The voice of the natural world would be, 'could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own lives… — Jane Goodall
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
We would consider it cruel to confine a dog permanently in a kennel. Yet we visit zoos where hundreds of wild animals are kept permanently… — Virginia McKenna
I've gone back in time to when dinosaurs weren't just confined to zoos. — Homer
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

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