Gary Vaynerchuk
Entrepreneur, Author
"A penguin cannot become a giraffe, so just be the best penguin you can be."
Penguins quotes
Penguins
29 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedian, Television Host
"Penguins mate for life. Which doesn't really surprise me, because they all look exactly alike. It's not like they're gonna meet a better-looking penguin someday."
John Ruskin
Art Critic, Writer
"One can't be angry when one looks at a penguin."
Douglas Adams
Writer, Humorist
"Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it."
Noah Cicero
Author
"I should kill myself. Things would be better if I did. For me anyway. I don’t know how it would affect global warming or penguins in Antarctica. But it might help me."
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"You have to check out 'March of the Penguins'. Penguins are the really ideal example of monogamy."
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"There have been better attempts at marching, and they have been made by penguins."
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"The Penguin books are splendid value for sixpence, so splendid that if other publishers had any sense they would combine against them and suppress them."
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"When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase."
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"She smiled with the warmth of a penguin."
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