Quotes about elephants
elephants swim wade
In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim. John Owen
elephants tree saws
Now he saw another elephant emerge from the place where it had stood hidden in the trees. Very slowly it walked to the mutilated body and looked down. With its sinuous trunk it struck the huge corpse; then it reached up, broke some leafy branches with a snap, and draped them over the mass of torn thick flesh. Finally it tilted its massive head, raised its trunk, and roared into the empty landscape. Lois Lowry
elephants riders
The rider evolved to serve to the elephant. Jonathan Haidt
elephants different
All the religions are true, they just see a different part of the elephant. George Lucas
elephants competition politics
We can't have these great corporations crowding competition off the sidewalks. It's like an elephant saying, "Everyone for himself," as he dances among the chickens. Emanuel Celler
elephants engagement
Did I ever say an engagement was an elephant, madam? Elizabeth Gaskell
elephants masterpiece great-things
Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing. John Donne
elephants facts cases
Just in case you thought elephants were all sweetness, I can attest to the fact that this one had the time of her life scaring the bejeezus out of those dudes. James Patterson
elephants plot odd
One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot. Gilbert K. Chesterton
elephants rooms invisible
When there is an invisible elephant in the room, one is from time to time bound to trip over a trunk. Karen Joy Fowler
elephants sheep yorkshire
I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you! Patrick Stewart
elephants four stories
When I was four I read the story of horton hears a who and I cried. I wanted to eat that elephant. Thom Yorke
elephants
He who mounts a wild elephant goes where the elephant goes. Randolph Bourne
elephants two half
Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants. Peter Senge
elephants
Education isn't everything, for a start it isn't an elephant Spike Milligan
elephants laughing skins
He laughed. The laugh could strip the skin off an elephant in seconds. Lilith Saintcrow
elephants wife dinner
Noah's wife, who said to Noah, Don't let the elephants watch the rabbits. Never got a dinner! Red Buttons
elephants circus wells
We came here for a small, informal meeting. We find you've turned it into a circus. Well, if you're going to have a circus, you've got to have elephants. Robert A. Heinlein
elephants pet comedy
My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere. Steven Wright
elephants ivory people
It may surprise people to learn that one elephant is killed every 15 minutes for its ivory. Li Bingbing
elephants worry dodge
It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly. Josh Billings
elephants advice eating
Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time. Paul Dickson
elephants dragons india
China is referred to as the 'dragon' and India as an 'elephant'. But we are not an elephant, we are a 'beehive'. Rahul Gandhi
elephants people laughing
I went to University in 1991, and I remember, nobody thought of India. I remember conversations where people would laugh and say, "Do you have elephants on the road?" Nobody is saying that today.
elephants sweaters scarves
I need to finish this scarf/shawl/blanket thing so I can start something for Emma- a hat, maybe, or a sweater for her stuffed elephant. Laurie Halse Anderson
elephants doe lions
It does not matter if you vote for the left or right, you are not an elephant or donkey. You are a truthful lion who stands only for your conscience. Suzy Kassem
elephants making-love age
While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love. Roger Zelazny
elephants enemy fleas
A blind, anemic, weak-kneed flea on crutches would have a greater chance of defeating a herd of a thousand wild stampeding elephants, than the enemy has of defeating God. Ray Comfort
elephants remember
He frowned as he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet. Val McDermid
elephants white brilliant
The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they're bad, they're really bad - big white elephants. Rob Marshall
elephants people poaching
The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. And now people have moved into the corridors once used by the elephants. Richard Leakey
elephants tourists tourism
The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.
elephants play trying
Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant. Ritchie Blackmore