181 Quotes About Elephants

He laughed. The laugh could strip the skin off an elephant in seconds.

Elephants love to play around. They are very intelligent animals. They have a strong bond, at times stretching to several decades, with their mahouts.

I've known elephants with broken hearts, others with depression.

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!

Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants.

When children see animals in a circus, they learn that animals exist for our amusement. Quite apart from the cruelty involved in training and confining these animals, the whole idea that we should enjoy the humiliating spectacle of an elephant or lion made to perform circus tricks shows a lack of respect for the animals as individuals.

If thou art of elephant-strength or of lion-claw, still peace is, in my opinion, better than strife.

Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.

Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.