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Quotes About Zoo

I go to movies, go out with friends, go to car shows. I have a zoo.
~ Axl Rose
There are problems with the wombat, Nathan Schick said. I was interested in wombats in '29. I went up to your zoo in Sydney and looked at the wombat. The fellow said you could train them but God, Herbie, no offence... Lee-Anne... but the wombat is not star quality.
~ Peter Carey
Perché non rilassarsi un po'? Magari una passeggiata in macchina fino al Golden Gate Park, con lo zoo e i pesci? Fare una visita dove le cose che non possono pensare provano comunque gioia.
~ Philip K. Dick
A zoo is a good place to make a spectacle of yourself, as the people around you have creepier, more photogenic things to look at.
~ David Sedaris
While I was gone Hugh, Manuela, and Dario attended Franck's surprise fortieth-birthday party. One of the guests was a sophisticated mother of three who announced that she hated the zoo at the Jardin des Plantes because it was cruel to keep the animals in such small cages. She went on and on and then, at the end of the evening, she unlocked her car and released her golden retriever, who'd spent the last six hours in the trunk.
~ David Sedaris
Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There were so many eager, curious hands that pulled at the curtain that we had to replace it regularly. Behind it was a mirror. (1.8.4)
~ Yann Martel, Life of Pi
La città non è una giungla d'asfalto, come è stato detto; è uno zoo umano».
~ Unknown
San Diego has the finest zoo in America, but the Los Angeles Zoo is not much more than a home for retired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lions.
~ Vincent Price
Lucy saw a big black and white animal behind a fence.
~ Unknown
The Magical Zoo
~ Unknown
Oh no! Sally was on the floor; the chair had toppled over, and Milkshake was nearby. Sally picked up the book and looked at it. She noticed it was a special book. Its color was red, bright red like a fresh apple. The title of the book was also unique, "The Magical Zoo." Sally read the title to Milkshake, and her pet was also interested.
~ Unknown
The zebras are the first stop in the Roger Williams Zoo. Of all the animals in the Africa section, these have always been my favorite. I can give or take the elephants; I can never find the cheetah-but the zebras captivate me. They'd be one of the few things that would fit if we were lucky enough to live in a world that's black and white.
~ Jodi Picoult
Self-confidence seemed to me more mimicry than anything else and I suggested visiting Clifton Zoo to watch the leaders in a group of baboons, and learn from them: make your gestures slow and deliberate; cultivate a deeper voice; appear casual at all times; eschew all rapid movements. That was all you had to do to look confident.
~ John Cleese
Europe enjoyed a heritage of fairy tales alive with talking animals--some almost real, other deliciously bogus-- to spark child's fantasies and gallop grownups to the cherished haunts of childhood. It pleased Antonina that her zoo offered on orient of fabled creatures, where book pages sprang alive and people could parley with ferocious animals.
~ Diane Ackerman
How is it a vegan won't visit the zoo or rodeo, but you'll level a man with martial arts?
~ DiAnn Mills
Over 2,000 reptiles await you.
~ Donna Tartt
Berlin's Zoologischer Gardens is the largest zoo in the world, containing 14,000 animals of 1,500 different species.
~ Jack Goldstein
Tomorrow is the benefit dinner for the Save the Chameleon Fund. The Decentville Zoo thinks their chameleons are either dead, missing, or plaid.
~ Unknown
Nobody in the city of Los Angeles knows how to catch an alligator, ... We have no experience in recreation and parks, the zoo or animal control.
~ Janice Hahn
Look at those guys," said Buster. "They're going to be in great shape for our scavenger hunt. No wonder they always win!" "That's no camp--that's a zoo," said Arthur.
~ Marc Brown
We're in 'Jurassic Park' territory. If we go to the zoo in the future, we'll have zoos for extinct animals.
~ Michio Kaku
So one day as a kid I was at the local Zoo. I was bored and kept pestering my Dad to go and play. Eventually he agreed, took me over to the lion enclosure, threw me in and said: There ya go, play dead...
~ Unknown
The zoo's "image consultants" from New York had been very clear about this: establish your believability first, then go tabloid.
~ Matthew Reilly
When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos and for a long time that is what I wanted to do. Later when I was a teenager I had a fantastic English teacher called Mrs. Stafford. Her enthusiasm made me decide to be a writer.
~ Melvin Burgess