Elephants Quotes - Page 5

• I am persuaded that if the brutes even--if the dog, the horse, the ox, the elephant, the bird, could speak, they would confess, that, at the bottom of their nature, their instincts, their sensations, their obtuse intelligence, assisted by organs less perfect than ours, there is a clouded, secret sentiment of this existence of a superior and primordial Being, from whom all emanates, and to whom all returns.

  Alphonse de Lamartine

  Dog, Horse, Perfect

  Alphonse de Lamartine (1850). “Lamartine on Atheism: Atheism Among the People”, p.11

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• A thing may be too sad to be believed or too wicked to be believed or too good to be believed; but it cannot be too absurd to be believed in this planet of frogs and elephants, of crocodiles and cuttle-fish.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Animal, Wicked, May

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• The world's strongest animals are plant eaters. Gorillas, Buffaloes, Elephants and me.

  Patrik Baboumian

  Funny, Humorous, Animal

  FaceBook post by Patrik Baboumian from Apr 01, 2017

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• The mind is divided, like a rider on an elephant, and the rider’s job is to serve the elephant. The rider is our conscious reasoning-the stream of words and images of which we are fully aware. The elephant is the other 99 percent of mental processes-the ones that occur outside of awareness but that actually govern most of our behavior.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Jobs, Mind, Awareness

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• We are the bird's eggs. Bird's eggs, flowers, butterflies, rabbits, cows, sheep, we are caterpillars; we are leaves of ivy and springs of wildflower. We are women. We rise from the wave. We are gazelle and doe, elephant and whale, lilies and roses and peach, we are air, we are flame, we are oyster and pearl, we are girls. We are woman and nature. And he says he cannot hear us speak. But we hear.

  Susan Griffin

  Girl, Spring, Flower

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• 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

  Competition, Politics, Corporations

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• Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants.

  Neil Gaiman

  Loyalty, Leader, Circus

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• 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

  Fun, Mean, Use

  "Eletelephony" l. 1 (ca. 1880)

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• It may surprise people to learn that one elephant is killed every 15 minutes for its ivory.

  Li Bingbing

  Ivory, People, May

  "Li Bingbing on Elephants and Ivory Poaching". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to what that adds up to in a year, and it's a distressing figure.

  Graydon Carter

  Math, Simple, Years

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• If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Progress, Roaming

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• The illegal wildlife trade threatens not only the survival of entire species, such as elephants and rhinos, but also the livelihoods and, often, the very lives of millions of people across Africa who depend on tourism for a living.

  Yaya Toure

  Rhinos, People, Survival

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• It's no good telling somebody they're trying too hard. It's very much like ordering a child to go stand in a corner for a half hour and never once think about elephants.

  John D. MacDonald

  Children, Thinking, Trying

  "The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper". Book by John D. MacDonald, 1965.

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• God is not troubled by one who is conservative or liberal, and He certainly never inclines His ear toward a donkey or an elephant.

  Max Lucado

  Ears, Conservative, Donkey

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• These magnificent species of Africa - elephants, rhino, lions, leopards, cheetah, the great apes (Africa has four of the world's five great apes) - this is a treasure for all humanity, and they are not for sale. They are not for trade. They need to be valued and preserved by humanity. We all need a global commitment to that.

  Patrick Bergin

  Commitment, Rhinos, Humanity

  "African Wildlife Foundation, Veronica Varekova and Patrick Bergin". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• When I was four I read the story of horton hears a who and I cried. I wanted to eat that elephant.

  Thom Yorke

  Stories, Four, Wanted

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• 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, Men, Feelings

  Kent Nerburn (2014). “Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love”, p.118, New World Library

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• But what humans forget, cells remember. The body, that elephant

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Cells, Body, Remember

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2003). “Middlesex”, p.99, A&C Black

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• Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Evil, Watches

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• The world is not a burden; we make it a burden by our desires. When the desires are removed, the world is as light as a feather on an elephant's back.

  Baba Hari Dass

  Light, Desire, World

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• We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior.

  Graydon Carter

  Self, Empathy, Way

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• I'm really into moderation. Too much of anything will harm you in the end. Too much sugar. Too much pasta. I'm into drugs as a teaching tool, which is why I only take hallucinogenics. I mean, it's not like I've never done cocaine, but, on the whole, if I can't see dancing elephants then I'm not interested.

  Tori Amos

  Teaching, Mean, Dancing

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• You can eat an elephant if you do it one bite at a time.

  Robert Christopher Riley

  Bites, Ifs

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• Elephants have a hard time adapting. Cockroaches outlive everything.

  Peter Drucker

  Hard Times, Cockroaches, Adapting

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• The elephant, the huge old beast,
  is slow to mate

  D. H. Lawrence

  Beast, Mates, Huge

  D. H. Lawrence (2008). “Complete Poems by Lawrence: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.219, ReadHowYouWant.com

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