Welcome to Elephant Quotes – a collection of inspiring and thought-provoking quotes about these majestic creatures. Elephants are not only one of the most remarkable animals on our planet but also hold a special place in our hearts and cultures around the world. With their immense size, intelligence, and unique social dynamics, elephants have fascinated and captivated humans for centuries. In this curated compilation, we bring you a selection of quotes that celebrate the beauty, wisdom, and symbolism associated with these incredible animals.
From ancient legends to modern conservation efforts, elephants have played a significant role in shaping our understanding of nature and our responsibility to protect it. Whether you’re an elephant enthusiast, a wildlife advocate, or simply someone who appreciates the wonder of the natural world, these quotes will resonate with you. Feel free to explore the words of wisdom, humor, and insight that follow, and use them as a source of inspiration or to add a touch of elegance to your own projects. Get ready to be uplifted by the profound wisdom and charm of these elephant quotes.
An elephant always puts his foot into the hole which another elephant’s foot has made so that a frequented track is nothing but a series of pits filled with mud and water. Isabella Bird
When eating an elephant take one bite at a time. Creighton Abrams
Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock. Aristotle
The strong creation created by God in the world is not the lion, not the elephant, not the tiger – the girl. Arunachalam Muruganantham
I couldn’t hit an elephant’s ass with a bull fiddle. Babe Didrikson Zaharias
The truth is, I have an excellent team, a staff that handles Blue Elephant, my translation company, perfectly. It is like a well-oiled machine. Chinmayi
Like the proverbial elephant in the room, American anti-Europeanism has loomed large for so long that few trouble to notice it. Linda Colley
I’ve never liked the moment of seeing something beautiful – a sunset, a moose, an elephant – and then raising a camera and trying to capture it for some future moment. That’s always struck me as strange. Joseph Monninger
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! Patrick Stewart
I saw David Lynch’s ‘The Elephant Man’ when I was 15. I was completely bowled over. I found it so beautiful, strange and mesmerizing that I went back to the cinema every night for a week to see it. Ben Daniels
I feel like, if there’s an elephant in the room, I’d really like to start off by introducing the elephant in the room. And sometimes it’s funny. Louis Theroux
There’s an academic tradition called the ‘Last Lecture.’ Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture, what would you say to your students? Well, for me, there’s an elephant in the room. And the elephant in the room, for me, it wasn’t hypothetical. Randy Pausch
Let’s get the elephant out of the room. I’m a conservative Democrat. Scott Howell
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know. Groucho Marx
Race in this country is still the elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss. Lenny Kravitz
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
They say an elephant never forgets. Well, you are not an elephant. Take notes, constantly. Save interesting thoughts, quotations, films, technologies… the medium doesn’t matter, so long as it inspires you. Aaron Koblin
The unspoken thing, the elephant in the room, is the war against terrorism, it’s tainting everything. Joanne Liu
Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don’t talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it’s the superstructure of human society. Ani DiFranco
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
I don’t like taboo subjects and I don’t like elephants in the room. If there’s an elephant in the room, I really want to absolutely examine it. Frank Skinner
If you don’t address race, then people are like, ‘Why don’t you talk about the elephant in the room?’ But you have to do it right. It can’t be gimmicky. Awkwafina
It’s funny: in the middle of making ‘The Muse,’ I was offered, at the time, the first ‘Ice Age,’ the part that Ray Romano took: I was offered the elephant. And I couldn’t even stop to breathe, so I didn’t do it. They’ve made, like, six of them. And in the animation business, for a voice actor, that’s what you want. You want six, you know? Albert Brooks
By the time you get to your sixth record, some of the benefits of being in a band are grander than ever, but some of the obstacles are just massive. You deal with these lateral subjects, and all that is left is the elephant in the room. Josh Homme
I’ve been told I looked like I swallowed an elephant or a pig, whichever was more fitting that day. Katelyn Ohashi
I’m a businessman who puts up his own money, so I don’t have time to hear about emotion. I gotta get right to the point. I’m going to tell you the truth, I’m going to address the elephant in the room, and we’ll all move forward. Damon Dash
The tattoo on my wrist has the letters ‘ES,’ which stands for ‘elephant shoe.’ It’s something I used to say when I was younger instead of ‘I love you’ and it reminds me to remain childlike at times and to not take myself too seriously. Jaimie Alexander
In the central Indian state of Orissa, mining has scarred the landscape, and it is already too late to secure most of the traditional elephant corridors. Mark Shand
I like my stationery to be funnier, like, ‘Here’s my note, and it’s an elephant with a lady smoking a cigarette on top.’ Kate Spade
The elephant in the room has always been simulator sickness and disorientation. That’s one of the biggest challenges. Brendan Iribe
I don’t know how many lions and leopards I’ve shot. I’ve shot two elephants, which was enough – never again. It’s a melancholy and moving thing to hunt an elephant. It’s like shooting an old man. Wilbur Smith
The four movies I can remember seeing as a kid were ‘The Elephant Man,’ ‘The Magnificent Seven,’ ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’ and ‘Mad Max!’ Two of those are westerns. So the western genre is emblazoned on my memory from childhood, and those are two great movies. Casey Affleck
Let’s point out the elephant in the room: Actor bands are not notoriously successful enterprises. I can’t think of any. Michael Shannon
An elephant funeral makes me weep every time, and so does an ad with a kid leaving home for college. Andrew Sean Greer
Prior to Elephant I’d taken about six years of acting classes in Portland, but there’s not a huge market there. The only thing we have is commercial stuff, and that didn’t really appeal to me. So this is really a dream come true. John Robinson
There are 13 Asian countries that still have elephants, and Elephant Family is looking to invest in further projects that will be the most critical for saving elephants while there is still time. Mark Shand
If you’ve never seen an elephant ski, you’ve never been on acid. Eddie Izzard
Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark. Audrey Meadows
Watergate just happened to come along at the same time as the demand for honesty in relations between the sexes, in advertising, in ecology, in almost everything. It just stumbled into that great big elephant trap that had already been built for it. Walter Cronkite
People are so difficult. Give me an elephant any day. Mark Shand
Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine. Michael Koryta
There were times, especially when I was traveling for ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ when, I swear to God, I would feel this weight of my female ancestors, all those Swedish farmwives from beyond the grave who were like, ‘Go! Go to Naples! Eat more pizza! Go to India, ride an elephant! Do it! Swim in the Indian Ocean. Read those books. Learn a language.’ Elizabeth Gilbert
I have a face like the behind of an elephant. Charles Laughton
I’m for conservation, but it’s mostly a con. That’s the trouble. It’s sentimental. Buy an elephant a drink, a lion an acre. Peter Beard
My wife loves elephants and compares me to a big bull elephant. Shawn Crahan
Religion looms as large as an elephant in the United States, to the point that being nonreligious is about the biggest handicap a politician running for office can have, bigger than being gay, unmarried, thrice married, or black. Frans de Waal
I’m not a Republican, but I was one once – when I was 7 years old. Not my fault. The symbol of the Republican Party is an elephant, I’m a Hindu – I was confused. Hari Kondabolu
I’m not much for cats. I’m terrified of mice. I’ve worked a lot with elephants, and they are extremely intelligent and sensitive, and thankfully, they seem to like me. You never want to get on the bad side of an elephant. And never trust a chimp. Mary Ellen Mark
Obviously, race is the elephant in the room, and we all understand that. Unless it is talked about constantly, it’s not going to get better… people have to be made to feel uncomfortable, and especially white people, because we’re comfortable. We still have no clue what being born white means. Stan Van Gundy
While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love. Roger Zelazny
Seriously, a smaller, leaner, cleaner, tuskless and more secretive elephant is exactly what is needed. It definitely would live longer. Lyall Watson
Some kinds of animals burrow in the ground; others do not. Some animals are nocturnal, as the owl and the bat; others use the hours of daylight. There are tame animals and wild animals. Man and the mule are always tame; the leopard and the wolf are invariably wild, and others, as the elephant, are easily tamed. Aristotle
Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression. Mariella Frostrup
A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane. Jackie Kennedy
Indian democracy has often been likened to the stately progress of the elephant – ponderous in its gait and reluctant to change course, but not easily swayed from its new path when it does. Shashi Tharoor
Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library. Michael Caine
I watched a film called ‘Elephant’ recently. Its not stylish in the sense of expensive suits and Italian cars, but the styling on every single character is spot on. Tinie Tempah
Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole. Samuel Richardson
We always do a white elephant gift exchange on Christmas Eve, but my mom always gets really nice gifts for it. And we hang out in our PJs on Christmas Day. Lacey Chabert
For example, after developing a sound similar to an elephant trumpeting, I wrote the song Elephant Talk which gave my elephant sound an appropriate place to live. Adrian Belew
An elephant is the king of the jungle for the simple reason a lion is only brave when there is loads of them. Dereck Chisora
I’m real petty. I remember everything like an elephant. Israel Adesanya
A few dozen changes to the genome of a modern elephant – to give it subcutaneous fat, woolly hair and sebaceous glands – might suffice to create a variation that is functionally similar to the mammoth. Returning this keystone species to the tundras could stave off some effects of warming. George M. Church
Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is ‘elephant’. Charlie Chaplin
I started a company in 2005 for language services called Blue Elephant. We handle translation and interpretation services in over 120 languages. Chinmayi
I don’t like the idea that I’m a one-trick pony, even if I am! No matter what else I do, I have to make sure that ‘Elephant’ isn’t Tame Impala’s biggest song anywhere. Kevin Parker
I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead. Sting
‘Bowling For Columbine’ and ‘Gus Van Sant’s Elephant’ really intrigued me. With ‘Bowling For Columbine’, I think Michael Moore just gave the perfect exploration of both the mass media interpretation of the event and going into the minds of these kids. These were messed-up kids who had hit a point of no return. Josh Trank
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? David Attenborough
It’s nice to have an elephant in the room. There’s nothing more helpful than something everybody’s thinking about. Seth Meyers
I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book. Stephen Fry
My first experience with film was through a still camera. I would sit, very much against my will, with my father in the game reserve, watching some elephant or rhino or whatever, through a 400 millimeter lens and wait, and waiting and waiting. Gavin Hood
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
I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling’s ‘The Elephant’s Child’ and ‘The Jungle Book.’ Deep down, I’ve always wanted to write a book about a wild child and an elephant. Michael Morpurgo
We’re adding a billion people every decade. We’re just spin doctors. Whatever we do is supposedly great, and yet it’s always at the expense of diversity and nature. We’re like elephants. The ecology of the elephant is more similar to human than any other. Peter Beard
My wife and I, we started a foundation about companion animal rescue, but there’s a group called Performing Animal Welfare Society just outside of Sacramento… and they offered me a job as an elephant keeper. Tony La Russa
Our brains have been designed to blur the line between self and other. It is an ancient neural circuitry that marks every mammal, from mouse to elephant. Frans de Waal
I was called ‘Dumbo,’ like the elephant, as a child because I couldn’t understand things at school. Anthony Hopkins
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
If you want to fight in the UFC, you’ve got to realize that you are just an elephant in the circus. As soon as you ask for more peanuts, you have to go find a different circus. Brendan Schaub
I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I’ve ever met. Herb Caen
When you look at elephant herds that are nonstressed, the males are never around. They mate, they go; they’re loners. Mark Shand
The reason I know about ‘Tomb Raider’ is from when I was researching ‘Elephant.’ It was 1999, and I was trying to research the Columbine-massacre kids, and they had played video games, and I, at the time, had never really seen one. It was a world I didn’t know. Gus Van Sant
It was so easy for me to see that Anthony would be a superb Dr. Lecter because he had been such an amazing good doctor in ‘The Elephant Man’. He had been as believable a doctor as you can imagine, and he was good. Jonathan Demme
Unlike the primate hand, the elephant’s grasping organ is also its nose. Elephants use their trunks not only to reach food but also to sniff and touch it. With their unparalleled sense of smell, the animals know exactly what they are going for. Vision is secondary. Frans de Waal
Primate and elephant and even pig societies show considerable evidence of care for others, parent-child bonding, solidarity in the face of danger, and so on. Christopher Hitchens
There’s a lot of films that have relatively rigid road maps because they have a script and others that are less rigid because they have less of a script, like ‘Elephant.’ The road map becomes more interpretive, maybe, than one with a detailed script. Editing-wise, they all have their problems. Gus Van Sant
Apart from using it to spread the word about my translation company Blue Elephant and to talk to fans, I find social media an extremely powerful forum for charity. Chinmayi
Most people know that forests are the lungs of our planet, literally playing a critical role in every breath we take. And that they’re also home to incredible animals like the orangutan and elephant, which will go extinct if we keep cutting down their forests. Chris Noth
When you appear on the screen, often enough you become sexy, even if you look like an elephant. Vincent Cassel
Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown. Matthew Henry
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
A lot of people are afraid of the idea of enslavement, and that’s because it’s tied to so much shame and guilt… That is the big elephant in the room, but a part of why we’re afraid to attack that subject matter is because of the way we’ve been taught about it. Aldis Hodge
It wasn’t until I had been writing on and off for maybe ten years that I started to establish any kind of routine, thought I couldn’t put a finger on an exact date, and this routine relates simply to the aphorism ‘How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.’ Neal Asher
The elephant can survive only if forests survive. Mark Shand
Whether by my own volition or otherwise, I was given a year-and-a-half break after Dad passed. It was kind of like an elephant in the room, and everyone was giving me space, whether I wanted it or not. Zelda Williams
We’ll be back to our nature documentary, ‘Baggy the Anorexic Elephant’ in just a second. Colin Mochrie
I think success is a relative term. If you’re a caveman, success is capturing an elephant. Success is achieving better than the norm. Success is being exceptional. It’s exceptional reputation, exceptional income, and exceptional respect. Jon Taffer
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
I was so used to documentary filming, where it’s one take. You can’t really say, ‘Make that elephant charge again!’ And you talk to the camera. With movie filming, you’re talking to someone else. Bindi Irwin
