Zoos Quotes

135 quotes by 118 authors

Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS… — Yann Martel
We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man. — Yann Martel
At school, our classroom had a small rodent zoo consisting of two rabbits, three hamsters, a litter of baby gerbils and a guinea pig. At… — Kelley Armstrong
After dinner or lunch or whatever it was -- with my crazy 12-hour night I was no longer sure what was what -- I said,… — Charles Bukowski
Children are not a zoo of entertainingly exotic creatures, but an array of mirrors in which the human predicament leaps out at us. — John Updike
Hollywood movies are designed for 15-year-old youths from North Dakota who, intellectually speaking, are on equal terms with a British zoo animal. — Jeremy Clarkson
A zoo is a good place to make a spectacle of yourself, as the people around you have creepier, more photogenic things to look at. — David Sedaris
It was a huge zoo, spread over numberless acres, big enough to require a train to explore it, though it seemed to get smaler as… — Yann Martel
Jeez, was that a lion? Please tell me itâ€™s behind bars.â€ â€œItâ€™s a zoo, Iggy,â€ Nudge said, taking his arms and leading him. â€œEverythingâ€™s behind… — James Patterson
I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey cages at the zoo is a warning sign. — Carl Sagan
[I]n Africa I was a member of a familyâ€”of a sort of family that the people of your culture haven't known for thousands of years.… — Daniel Quinn
Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin… — Wallace Stegner
Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side. You must not do, you must… — C.S. Lewis
I was driven to Whipsnade one sunny morning. When we set out I did not believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God, and… — C.S. Lewis
Nature is to zoos as God is to churches. — Margaret Atwood
And when you come back to Japan next summer, let's have that date or whatever you want to call it. We can go to the… — Haruki Murakami
I bet it breaks your heart to have two of your friends pine for me the way they do," he said proudly. "Luna...and now Scarlet.… — Ellen Schreiber
A baboon in a forest is a matter of legitimate speculation; a baboon in a zoo is an object of public curiosity; but a baboon… — Winston Churchill
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
In my low periods, I wondered what was the point of creating art. For whom? Are we animating God? Are we talking to ourselves? And… — Patti Smith

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