Quotes by Elephants The Buddhists have a story about blind men trying to describe an elephant by feeling it's various parts, and each describes the elephant according to the part he touched. That is the way we can hope to know God. Kent Nerburn buddhist elephants men Mediocrity is the elephant in the room. Kevin Spacey mediocrity elephants rooms Courage~ What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?~Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum elephants dawn hot You are being suffocated by tradition... Why don't you say, 'I am going to build a life for myself, for my time, and make it a work of art'? Your life isn't a work of art ---it's a thirdhand Victorian whatnot shelf, complete with someone else's collection of seashells and hand-carved elephants. Kurt Vonnegut elephants hands art Once there was an elephant Who tried to use the telephant. No! no! I mean an elephone Who tried to use the telephone. Dear me, I am not certain quite That even now I've got it right. Laura E. Richards elephants fun mean One: Don't play leapfrog with elephants. Two: Don't pet a tiger unless his tail is wagging. Three: Never, ever, mess with the Ladies Auxiliary. -Mayberry Rules for a Long, Happy Life Lauren Myracle elephants play happy-life Some women are like elephants. I don't mean size, I mean they never forget. Laura Schlessinger women elephants mean 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 sweaters elephants needs This New York thing is being blown out of proportion. Who gives a **** about New York when elephants are being killed? Lee Ryan elephants new-york giving Any writer who believes in the 'lucky creative accident' in writing is pushing elephants on roller skates up greased ramps. Leonard Bishop elephants writing believe Race in this country is still the elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss. Lenny Kravitz elephants race country It may surprise people to learn that one elephant is killed every 15 minutes for its ivory. Li Bingbing ivory elephants people He laughed. The laugh could strip the skin off an elephant in seconds. Lilith Saintcrow elephants skins laughing The whole idea of being in captivity in such limited space, especially in a zoo, causes elephants to suffer. They develop all kinds of foot diseases. They die. They get cysts. Not only is it painful, it eventually kills them. Lily Tomlin elephants zoos ideas Well, the big elephant in the whole system is the baby boomer generation that marches through like a herd of elephants. And we begin to retire in 2008. Lindsey Graham elephants girl baby May the bird of paradise fly up your nose, may an elephant caress you with his toes, may your wife be plagued with runners in her hose. 'Little' Jimmy Dickens elephants wife bird May an elephant caress you with his toes 'Little' Jimmy Dickens toes elephants may I had to wait for someone special. Someone who would make my heart feel as if it's been trampled by elephants, thrown into the amazon, and eaten by piranhas. Lisa Kleypas elephants waiting heart 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 body tree If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common sense. Lyall Watson common-sense elephants challenges «678910111213141516»