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You may as well bid an elephant fly in the air, as a covetous man live by faith. — Thomas Watson

The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics. — Madeleine Albright

But what humans forget, cells remember. The body, that elephant — Jeffrey Eugenides

Money, you could say, was the elephant in The Room. — Greg Sestero

The elephant smoked too much. — Victor Borge

My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere. — Steven Wright

You need to think about the month, you need to plan the day, you need to take your elephant and divide into pieces and eat a slice a day — Sunday Adelaja

The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change. — Seth MacFarlane

It was like there was an elephant in the room. An elephant that expected us to have sex. — Morgan Matson

Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine. — Michael Koryta

Min hadn't just played the "friend" card - she'd dressed it up in all kinds of cool Batman imagery. Gunnar and I were powerless to resist. — Brent Hartinger

An elephant overcome obstacles and barriers, and crush whatever standing in his path, obstacles and barriers, in the name of Jesus, clear-off. — Ademola Adejumo

The elephant smoked too much.(explaining why the keys of his piano were so yellow) — Victor Borge

In the wild, a mother elephant and her daughter will stay together until one or the other dies. — Jodi Picoult

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things. — Pablo Picasso

It was the pink elephant in the room, the thunderous fart in the elevator. — David Wong

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

In the sallies of badinage a polite fool shines; but in gravity he is as awkward as an elephant disporting. — Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann

I have felt the swaying of the elephant's shoulders;
and now you want me to climb
on a jackass? Try to be serious. — Mirabai

It is easy to scoff at "native superstition" from the back of an elephant with a powerful rifle in your hand. — Patrick Newman

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'. — Charlie Chaplin

The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant's trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft. — George Balanchine

When the bullseye becomes as big as an elephant in your mind, you won't be able to miss it. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

Sarah is a mirage after all; an oasis in this arid, amnesiac, desert mindscape. I fear if I get too close she too will turn to dust. — Jonathan Dunne

The night before 'The Elephant Man' opened, we had a sleepover for 12 kids. Being organized is the key. — Scott Ellis

My old man always told me never do anything during the day that will keep you awake at night. — Jonathan Dunne

Of course, Jules was not a wolf. She was an elephant. But Jules was a very young toy and she had never been to school to learn the difference. — Julie B. Campbell

If the world can no longer afford the luxury of natural beauty, then it will soon be overcome and destroyed by its own ugliness. — Romain Gary

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

I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead. — Sting

When there's an elephant in the room introduce him. — Randy Pausch

If I ever get rich, I'm going to buy you an elephant. — Marco

Took myself to Byculla. The area around the elephants is very soothing. I wish I were an elephant. I would be so composed. — Jerry Pinto

Better it is to live alone; there is no fellowship with a fool. Live alone and do no evil; be carefree like an elephant in the elephant forest. — Gautama Buddha

I have not seen any Christian sparrow or Muslim lion or Jewish elephant! Animals are lucky as they have not yet invented the religion! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Ella is nervous," the harpy muttered from her perch on the railing. "The elephant. The elephant is watching Ella. — Rick Riordan

The lion's blessing is in his strength; the monkey's blessing is in his cunning; and the elephant's blessing is in his might. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I always think I look like the Elephant Man - I can't get used to my own image. — Brian Cox

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away. it's best to let him run. — Abraham Lincoln

'Helping industry' is the elephant pit of socialism, a deep hole with sharp spikes at the bottom, covered over with twigs and fresh grass. — Enoch Powell

We must love all of creation, not only what is common. A god may have the head of an elephant, after all. — Kay Kenyon

The bird and the elephant drink from the same river. — Matshona Dhliwayo

China is referred to as the 'dragon' and India as an 'elephant'. But we are not an elephant, we are a 'beehive'. — Rahul Gandhi

She owned the road
as an elephant owns the veldt
and like a big blue elephant
moved with massive grace
and dignity. — David Drake

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

the sun, the Nigerians are loading up for the day. One balances a carved elephant on one finger, another — Sara Alexi

We are, more and more, our own defects and not our qualties.
The Elephant's Journey — Jose Saramago

Sometimes a phone made me think of an elephant turd. You know, all the shit you hear. A phone is a phone but what comes through it is another matter. — Charles Bukowski

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

The mind is divided, like a rider on an elephant, and the rider's job is to serve the elephant. — Jonathan Haidt

The truth is a fog, in which one man sees the heavenly host and the other one sees a flying elephant. — Terry Pratchett

Revitalizing General Motors is like teaching an elephant to tap dance. You find the sensitive spot and start poking. — Ross Perot

When you hear the elephant music you're hearing what they mean to make. — Dave Soldier

A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place. — Bernard Le Bovier De Fontenelle

The Vietnamese have a saying that you can't use a basket to cover a lion or an elephant. — Tim Weiner

So slowly the hot elephant hearts
grow full of desire,
and the great beasts mate in secret at last,
hiding their fire. — D.H. Lawrence

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

Race in this country is still the elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss. — Lenny Kravitz

The elephant, the huge old beast,
is slow to mate — D.H. Lawrence

The rider evolved to serve to the elephant. — Jonathan Haidt

You see, you need to make sure you compare yourself to the right person. An elephant passes tons of waste but will never run as fast as the rabbit. — Raghavan Rajendran

Animosity killed the elephant. — Kevin Dalton

Not every ant which stays under the elephant's foot dies; the most powerful cannot always kill the weakest! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

When the bull's-eye becomes as big in your mind as an elephant, you are sure to hit it. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

I'm an elephant today. I will need to have lots of room and also a bowl of water on the floor. — Jesse Ball

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

Stick that bumbershoot
in elephant's foot

brolly stand behind
the big door. Mind

your manners at High tea. — Tim Dlugos

We are so used to the elephant in the room that sometimes we forget it is there — Aminatta Forna

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant;
the only harmless great thing. — John Donne

But perhaps you do not understand. I was crippled, crippled by an elephant that came through the roof - Madam LaVaughn — Kate DiCamillo

They can't expect anyone to actually pay for a shirt that says, 'I (picture of an elephant) the San Diego Zoo.' What does that even mean? — Adam Rex

The knife flaying the elephant does not have to be large, only sharp! — Andre Norton

Daemon was the pissy pink elephant in the room with a bad attitude. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

If its about the existence of god, you may as well ask me, what the square root of an elephant is? — Steve Merrick

I feel as if I go to Africa, I may never come back. I'm just going to live with the animals and adopt an elephant, and it's going to be my friend. — Dianna Agron

I don't believe he was made in China, but I do believe he is disposable. — Jonathan Dunne

The elephant in the room has always been simulator sickness and disorientation. That's one of the biggest challenges. — Brendan Iribe

Even the elephant carries but a small trunk on his journeys. The perfection of traveling is to travel without baggage. — Henry David Thoreau

Before you eat the elephant, make sure you know what parts you want to eat. — Todd Stocker

Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant. — Mira Nair

A mouse is the size of a mouse for a good reason, and a mouse that was the size of an elephant wouldn't do very well. — Michael Pollan

If you're gonna shoot an elephant Mr. Schneider, you better be prepared to finish the job. — Gary Larson

The United States should not jump around like an elephant frightened by a mouse. — George F. Kennan

Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room. — Patricia Heaton

The Elephant Man claimed his head was big because, it's so full of dreams. Actually, it's because his skull was shaped like a turkey. — Dana Gould

And that is the real elephant in the room. The monkey in my wrench. The worm in my candy bar ... — J. Kenner

The Bible is a stream of running water, where alike the elephant may swim, and the lamb walk without losing its feet. — Pope Gregory I

I first got involved with Mel Brooks through 'The Elephant Man.' Everybody knows now, but they didn't know at the time that he was the producer. — John Hurt

I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school. — Anthony Hopkins

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb. — Shane Claiborne

Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously. — Stephen E. Ambrose

Dealing with the State Department is like watching an elephant become pregnant. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

I looked down at the brochure nearest me."We're going to Nigeria," I threatened. "I hope you like elephant polo."
-Liberty Jones — Lisa Kleypas

I have a face like the behind of an elephant. — Charles Laughton

As to forming any plan for the future, I could as soon have formed an elephant. — Charles Dickens

What ever happened to freak shows? Back in the twenties when elephant man was born at least he had a job waiting for him. — Doug Stanhope

Have you ever been bitten by an elephant? How about a mosquito? It's the little things in life that will bite you. — Darren Hardy

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

He who mounts a wild elephant goes where the elephant goes. — Randolph Bourne

Now, I whispered. Boom! boom! boom! went the three heavy rifles, and down came Sir Henry's elephant dead as a hammer, shot right through the heart. — H. Rider Haggard