I am doing a small album for my son and his gf's trip to the zoo. I spent a bit of time finding a quote for each animal. I thought I would share them here in case anyone else ever does something like this...
Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.
-Steve Irwin
Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant… the only harmless great thing.
-John Donne
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
There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.
-Carl Sanburg
The first time I ever saw a box jellyfish I was twelve. Our father took us to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I never forgot what he said...That it was the most deadly creature on earth. To me, it was just the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.
-Ben Thomas
The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
-Chanakya
Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.`
-Victor Hugo
The most magnificent creature in the entire world, the tiger is.
- Jack Hanna
The gaze of the wolf reached into our soul.
-Barry Lopez
The zebra epitomizes the wildness of the Serengeti like no other creature.
-Zalu Mubuto
If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us. If they are animals, what must we be?
-Frans de Waal
Cheetahs don't sleep, they wait.
- Anonymous
Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.
-James Rollins
The porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, may be respected, but never loved.
-Arthur Guiterman
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
-Anonymous
Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.
-Bill Copeland
The earth is what we all have in common.
-Wendell Berry
By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
-African Proverb
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May 30th 2013, 5:27 am
