181 Quotes About Elephants

It is absurd for a man to kill an elephant. It is not brutal, it is not heroic, and certainly it is not easy; it is just one of those preposterous things that men do like putting a dam across a great river, one tenth of whose volume could engulf the whole of mankind without disturbing the domestic life of a single catfish.

Beneath the skin, kin.

Without being an elephant sycophant, it is relevant to note that an infant elephant is a lieutenant giant.

Elephants love reunions. They recognize one another after years and years of separation and greet each other with wild, boisterous joy. There's bellowing and trumpeting, ear flapping and rubbing. Trunks entwine.

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.

She owned the roadas an elephant owns the veldtand like a big blue elephantmoved with massive graceand dignity.

Elephants don’t know anything about the world of ants; the peaks of mountains are oblivious of what is happening on the plains!

Q: How do you tell when there's an elephant in the pit?A: Peanut shells on the floor.

Q: What's the difference between a tweaker and an elephant?A: The elephant will eat all your peanut butter.