"The Indian Elephant is Said Sometimes to Weep." Charles Darwin
"When we are hungry, elephants are food. When we are full, elephants are beautiful." Edward R. Ricciuti
"At night, the broad brow of the colossus, its trunk, tusks, tower, huge hindquarters, and four pillar-like legs stood out, astonishing and awesome against the starry sky." Les Miserables
"If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people only more so." Peter Corneille
"In order to leave nothing to chance, elephants plaster themselves with mud and dust as a further protection against both heat and flies. In the animal kingdom, it is not necessary to be thin-skinned to be sensitive." C. Court Treat in Out of the Beaten Track
"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant... An elphant's faithful-one hundered per cent!" Theodor Seuss Geisel, Horton Hatches the Egg
Images from
http://www.corbisimages.com/