Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Isak Dinesen Quotes: I had seen a herd of Elephant travelling through dense native forest ... pacing along as if they had an appointment at the end of the world.
         

I had seen a herd of Elephant travelling through dense native forest ... pacing along as if they had an appointment at the end of the world.


Isak Dinesen
Check all other quotes by Isak Dinesen

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Isak Dinesen Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 17 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/I-had-seen-a-herd-of-Elephant-669327>.





Check out


Other quotes of Isak Dinesen


The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.



You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.



I don't believe in evil; I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots.

I don't believe in evil; I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots.



There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne — bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive.

There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne — bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive.



There are many ways to the recognition of truth, and Burgundy is one of them.

There are many ways to the recognition of truth, and Burgundy is one of them.



A giraffe is so much a lady that one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long garb, draperies of morning mist her mirage.

A giraffe is so much a lady that one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long garb, draperies of morning mist her mirage.



Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul.

Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul.



What is it which is bought dearly, offered for nothing, and then most often refused?--Experience, old people's experience.

What is it which is bought dearly, offered for nothing, and then most often refused?--Experience, old people's experience.



Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.



Be not afraid of absurdity; do not shrink from the fantastic. Within a dilemma, choose the most unheard-of, the most dangerous solution. Be brave, be brave.

Be not afraid of absurdity; do not shrink from the fantastic. Within a dilemma, choose the most unheard-of, the most dangerous solution. Be brave, be brave.





Other quotes you may like


I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.

I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.



We are spiritual beings whether we want to admit it or not, and inherent in our DNA is a design to return us home - home to our true essence, our greatest self, our limitless self.

We are spiritual beings whether we want to admit it or not, and inherent in our DNA is a design to return us home - home to our true essence, our greatest self, our limitless self.



Give but a grain of the heart's rich seed, Confine some under cover, And when love goes, bid him God-speed. And find another lover.

Give but a grain of the heart's rich seed, Confine some under cover, And when love goes, bid him God-speed. And find another lover.



Try not to write the parts that people skip.

Try not to write the parts that people skip.



I lost 200lb to wear suits by Hedi Slimane

I lost 200lb to wear suits by Hedi Slimane



I never want to be pretentious.

I never want to be pretentious.



Even though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother.

Even though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother.



What, really, was the difference between something hounding you and something leading you somewhere?

What, really, was the difference between something hounding you and something leading you somewhere?



The New World Order run by the United Nations ain't gonna happen. Because they've shown their hand, and at least some corner of Congress and the American people are awake to it: they've blown it all.

The New World Order run by the United Nations ain't gonna happen. Because they've shown their hand, and at least some corner of Congress and the American people are awake to it: they've blown it all.



History will eventually depict as legitimate the efforts of the Iraqi resistance to destabilise and defeat the American occupation forces and their imposed Iraqi collaborationist government.

History will eventually depict as legitimate the efforts of the Iraqi resistance to destabilise and defeat the American occupation forces and their imposed Iraqi collaborationist government.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "I had seen a herd of Elephant travelling through dense native forest ... pacing along as if they had an appointment at the end of the world.". Author of this quote is Isak Dinesen. This quote is about pacing, end of the world, elephants, native, dense, forests,.